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Long-service medals being presented to Captains Morrison, Smith, Batchelor and G.M.S. Reid at the Mounted Rifles camp held in the Showgrounds. The 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles was formed on March 17, 1911. They were mobilised during the Great War as a squadron of the Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2009N_A37_WAR_2198
Title
Medal presentation to members of the 6th Mounted Rifles
Relation
Public Photograph Collection A 37
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
The Showgrounds. Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date
May 6, 1917

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

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military,
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soldiers,
war,
wwi,
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