Centennial Commemoration of the Signing of the Peace of Vereeniging at Pretoria, Transvaal 31st May 1902
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An extensive plaque that discusses the departure and arrival of soldiers from Port Chalmers and Dunedin.
Waymark Code: WM7HZN
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 10/29/2009
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Second South African (Boer) Way 1899 – 1902
Centennial Commemoration of the Signing of the Peace of Vereeniging at Pretoria, Transvaal 31st May 1902
The towns of Port Chalmers and Dunedin were significant during this war as embarkation and disembarkation ports for a numbers of the ten contingents of the New Zealand Mounted Rights that served in South Africa.
Embarked at Port Chalmers
SS Monowai - 4th Contingent 24th March 1900
SS Gymeric - 5th Contingent 28th March 1900
Selection of South Island soldiers & contingent’s horses. Sailed to Lyttelton en route to South Africa
SS Kent - 9 Contingent 12th March 1902. South Island soldiers
Disembarked at Port Chalmers
SS Tongariro - 2nd & 3rd Contingents 8th May 1901
SS Tagus - 4th & 5th Contingents 11th July 1901
Disembarked at Dunedin
SS Orient - 1st Contingent & Invalids from the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Contingents 23rd January 1901
Soldiers transferred to G S Tutanekai off Taiaroa Head.
SS Orient - 9th Contingent 5th August 1901
South Island soldiers transferred to OHB Tug Koputai off Taiaroa Head
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1st June 2002