THE REGIMENT OF WHICH HIS MAJESTY THE KING IS COLONEL-IN-CHIEF IN CAMP AT AVONDALE.
‘| llir<l < A, 1 1,kland > Mounted Rifles shares with the First (Canterbury) Regiment of Infantry the honour of having His Majesty the King as Colonel-ln-Chief. The Auckland men, to the number of about 500, have been in camp on the racecourse at Avonu.iie out nig the past week. lhe extensive buildings ami grounds of the Avondale Jockey Club were placed at the service of the Defence Department, and proved to be an excellent spot for a military encampment. (1) Recruits receiving instruction in me use ot the rille. U) Another batch of territorials, many of whom were undergoing their first experience of military training. (3) The officer nearest the camera is Colonel W. D. Holgate, commanding the Auckland Mounted Brigade, ami the other is Lieut.-Colonel \\. IL Bloomfield, officer commanding the Regiment, who was in chief command of the camp. (4) A general view of the Third Regiment’s camp on the Avondale racecourse.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 19, 8 May 1912, Page 29
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165THE REGIMENT OF WHICH HIS MAJESTY THE KING IS COLONEL-IN-CHIEF IN CAMP AT AVONDALE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 19, 8 May 1912, Page 29
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