The British-Boer War. EXPERIENCES OF LANCE CORPORAL C. A. WILSON (3rd NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT).

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 51, 27 September 1900, Page 3

The British -Boer War. EXPERIENCES OF LANCE CORPORAL C. A. WILSON (3rd NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT).

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