Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4576 Tpr. R. Taylor, 7th N. Z’land M.R.), an official replacement, circa 1930, very fine £80-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals.

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Robert Sutherland Taylor, a shearer from Kaikorai, Dunedin, attested for the 7th N.Z. Contingent and was embarked in the S.S. Gulf of Taranto in April 1901. A member of No. 25 Company, he served variously in Orange Free State and the Transvaal, and was taken ill with enteric fever at Newcastle in January 1902. Happily he survived and was discharged in September 1902. In 1914, following the loss of his original Medal in a fire, Taylor contacted the authorities to claim a replacement; however, that replacement does not appear to have been issued until 1933. He died in August 1943 and is buried in Dunedin North Cemetery; sold with copied research and roll confirmation.