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✧ Henry Macandrew ✧

Henry Macandrew (7 August 1866 – 16 July 1919) was a British Indian Army officer. He fought through the Tirah campaign in India, and then served as a staff officer during the Boer War, and received the Distinguished Service Order. Given command of the 5th Bengal Cavalry, upon the outbreak of the F...

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Eastern Bush & Districts - Edward William Pullar, WW1 Memorial Entry, 2024

Edward William Pullar, Private, WW1 #32724 - from Eastern Bush:

Print copy of information page on Edward (Ted) William Pullar, Private, WW1 #32724 d. 12th October 1917, plus photograph from from Otago Witness, 21 Nov 1917 & NZ War Graves photo of cemetery, with attribution.

Ted as he was known, born Edward William Pullar, served from 7 July 1916 until he was KIA on 12 Oct 1917 in the battle for Passchendaele.

The text from this information page, reads as follows:

"Edward (Ted) William Pullar was born at Footscray, Melbourne, Australia, on 9th June 1892. He was the eldest son of parents William and Marion Alice Pullar, who reportedly had 14 children. The couple appear to have come to Aoteroa NZ after Ted’s birth along with their eldest child Elizabeth Jane. The family later went on to farming at Tussock Creek in Murihiku Southland. Ted’s education was said to have been undertaken at Rakiura Stewart Island and later Gummies Bush.

Ted enlisted for WW1 on 7 July 1916 at age 24, and was a Bricklayer by trade, having worked on the First Church in Waihōpai Invercargill and various Post Office Buildings. At the time of enlistment, Ted was working for TA Scobie of Eastern Bush. Joining as a Private in the Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Ted was sadly killed in action not much more than a year later, on the 12th October 1917 at age 25, in the dreadful battle for Passchendaele, in Ypres, Belgium.

Ted was also the recipient of a Military Medal, as reported in local papers and the London Gazette, in December 1917. It is recorded that Ted was awarded the Military Medal the week before he was killed. Edward’s memory lives on in the Tyne Cot Memorial at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen in Belgium.

Interestingly, his father William served in the Boer or South African War and also served as a Sapper in WW1, enrolling on 15 December 1915 at age 44, his trade being a painter. By the time he was 52, it is recorded that William was “no longer physically fit for war service” and he had Rheumatism. He was to pass away in 1945 at Balclutha, Otago, but was buried at Aparima Riverton Cemetery. It’s noted on the cemetery file he was also at Tihaka (Ōraka).

Then we have Ted’s brother Robert, a Sawmill Hand, who reportedly tried several times to enlist while underage, eventually managing this on 16 March 1916, but his attestation form says his birth year was 1896, while he is registered in the NZBDM as being born in 1899! It was a common occurrence however during early WW1, for boys to lie about their age so they could go off to war to supposedly ‘have a jolly good time and get to see the world.’ And none could have been prepared for the carnage, in tragic injury and loss of life that ensued.

Edward William Pullar is remembered on the following memorials:

- Invercargill Cenotaph also has Edward William Pullar recorded as below.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission online memorial.
- Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium, see below
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, see field below
- And the New Zealand War Graves Project, as seen in the field below"

This history was researched and written by our own digitising archivist, Suzie Best, as part of a community project to memorialise all of the local and districts service personal from over the years. It is shareable under a CC BY Licence, with Attribution to both the creator & our CWArchive.

More information about this family and and Edward Pullar will be added in the future. In the meantime, please share your memories and stories of any of them that you know, or if you are related, please let us know, also if you have any more photos of any of them please. You can do this by adding a comment about it, at the bottom of the image page.
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/54691088/source

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The Brits should probably get that looked at

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1917529/the-brits-should-probably-get-that-looked-at

The Brits should probably get that looked at

https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1917526/the-brits-should-probably-get-that-looked-at

Chris Hedges: Decline and Fall
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/29/chris-hedges-decline-and-fall/
The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost At the start of the 20th century, the British Empire was, like our…
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✧ battle of Bronkhorstspruit ✧

The battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river near Bronkhorstspruit in Transvaal on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bronkhorstspruit

SA War Memorial, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, c.1905-10 - Mackintosh RP Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/sa-war-memorial-cheltenham-gloucestershire-c-1905-10-mackintosh-rp-postcard-231514214.htm

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"Just as resistance against British imperialism once proved a key bond, now invented oppression at the hands of black people—whether the majority of South African citizens or the nebulous forces of American wokeness—works to unite the two nations under the banner of a whiteness supposedly under siege."

https://thebaffler.com/latest/gimme-boer-dulik
https://archive.ph/n2QmW

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The #IrishHistory Show: 112 The #BoerWar
https://irishhistoryshow.ie/112-the-boer-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=112-the-boer-war

An evocative glimpse into military life during the Boer War, this artwork captures resting soldiers in Driefontein, South Africa. What stories lie behind their expressions?

#Rijksmuseum #ArtHistory #BoerWar #SouthAfrica #AnonymousArtist
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-F-F08973

On 15 December 1899 Irish units of the Boer army faced the Dublin Fusiliers, Connaught Rangers and the Inniskillings in the Battle of Colenso in Natal, South Africa. The battle was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. The British lost 143 killed, 756 wounded, and 220 captured in the battle. Boer casualties were eight killed and 30 wounded.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #BoerWar #SouthAfrica #DublinFusiliers #ConnaughtRangers #TheInniskillings

This fragile #Christmas pudding is believed to be the last surviving from a batch of 1,000 sent to naval personnel during the Boer War at Christmas in 1900.

The puddings were commissioned by Dame Agnes Weston, a philanthropist known for her kindness to #sailors.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy @NatMuseumRN #BoerWar #militaryhistory #pudding #Christmaspudding

#OTD 1902 Percy Archer Clive delivered his maiden speech. He devoted most of his speech to the Boer War. Clive was MP for South Herefordshire and served in WWI as part of the Grenadier Guards. Find out more about his career👇 http://ow.ly/KIWU50MXWfW

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