Captain Cock, Colonel Okey and Lieutenant Hooker at the Volunteer Camp

Production date
1901
 Description
Captain Cook (at rank of Lieutenant), Colonel Okey (at rank of Captain) and Lieutenant Robert Hooker in front of a white tent at the Volunteer Camp in Pukekura Park. All men are dressed in fancy military uniforms, including decorations, and the two men on the left have swords. Such camps were held regularly in the Recreation Grounds, as Pukekura Park was then known, for members of the Taranaki Rifles and Taranaki Guards during the Boer War.
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Object detail

Artist/Maker
Production role
Photographer
Production date
1901
Production place
New Zealand/Taranaki/New Plymouth/Pukekura Park
Production period
Early 1900s
Boer War
Subject person
Classification
Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts
Current rights
All Rights Reserved
Accession number
PHO2008-1749
Collection type
Photographs
Material
Black and white print
Photographic Print
Copy negative
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Definitely Pukekura Park. Possibly from the volunteer camp in 1901

- Alan Metcalfe posted 2 years ago.

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