TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gilbert, Henry George.
AU  - Field, Kingsley.
TI  - Soldier boy: a young New Zealander writes home from the Boer War 
SN  - 9781869661779
AV  - DT1916 .G55 2007
U1  - 968.0483 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z.
PB  - New Holland Publishers
KW  - Gilbert, Henry George
KW  - South African War, 1899-1902
KW  - Personal narratives, New Zealand
KW  - Participation, New Zealand
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Correspondence
N2  - In April 1901 Harry Gilbert joined the 7th Canterbury Mounted Rifles and set off to fight the Boers in South Africa. Although he was away for not much more than a year, during that time Harry wrote more than 30 letters home. Most of these letters have survived to the present day and are presented here in the poignant account of a young man's introduction to the terrible consequences of war
ER  -