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Pte FTA Johnstone Regt No 3622 a rough rider in the 6th Contingent NZMR is my latest acquistion. More research to do and two more clasps 1901 & 02 to be sourced. This bloke stood at 5' 11" from Canterbury on the South Island of NZ.

Good morning Stephen,
Do you want to sell him?
Medal is verfied in WO100/294 page 202, however their supplementary roll, page 238, is rather more interesting, the lower of the two entries.

Thanks, thats a real find Frank. Field Intel Dept for a month. Makes you ask more questions than it answers. It appears he did not return to NZ but was engaged in SA after the Boer War in Jo-burg. Like many New Zealanders. Letters indicate that in 1907 he requested his 1901 & 02 clasps to sent to an address in SA. This could be an interesting story to uncover.

Stephen,
A very fine example for your collection, congrats

Paul

Hello Stephen
I did a quick count and apart from the two men shown, there appear to be another twenty eight men from the 6th NZMR who were seconded to the FID for periods of one, two and three months in 1902, right up to the end of the war infact, though, their South Africa 1902 clasps were issued from the NZMR.

A superb medal you have there, as I said, in another post, I have always found medals to the New Zealander's the most difficult to find.
I well remember as a small boy talking to a very well known and eminent South Afican historian, who had her mother and her family actually beseiged in Kimberley during the war, she told me that in her opinion, the NZMR took to the war, the very best horses and volunteers, moreover, they distinguished themselves, often to the discomfort of the British staff at AHQ Pretoria.
Kind regards Frank

Stephen Bayley wrote: Thanks, thats a real find Frank. Field Intel Dept for a month. Makes you ask more questions than it answers. It appears he did not return to NZ but was engaged in SA after the Boer War in Jo-burg. Like many New Zealanders. Letters indicate that in 1907 he requested his 1901 & 02 clasps to sent to an address in SA. This could be an interesting story to uncover.