Wallace Mounted Rifle Re-union program

Here are some images of a rare program for the Wallace Mounted Rifles First Re-union at the Crown Hotel, Otautau, 13 July 1913. Photos courtesy of Ken Chilton.

Quote: "This for the waxen Heath, and that for the Wattle-bloom,
This for the Maple-leaf, and that for the southern Broom.
The Law that ye make shall be law and I do not press my will,
Because ye are Sons of The Blood and call me Mother still."
--Rudyard Kipling

Quote: "Some ha'e meat and canna' eat,
And some may eat that want it;
But we ha'e meat and we can eat,
and sae the Lord be thankit."
--Robert Burns

Some well-known names on the Toast page.

Note: We're closed for the winter but will open again in October 2015. You can request an individual visit by request if you would like to see the museum in person.

Wallace Mounted Rifles

The Museum has been asked to identify some of the men who were in the Wallace Mounted Rifles, a military organisation that formed before World War I.

If you would like to come by and view our photos and have a go at identifying who these men were, please do so. We're open Wednesdays and Sundays, 2pm-4pm, and by request. Your comments are always welcome!