The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Dunedin Bearer Corps
Dunedin Bearer Corps.
Dunedin Bearer Corps . The Volunteer Bearer Corps at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, are of a maximum strength of three officers, and fifty non-commissioned officers, rank and file. The Dunedin Bearer Corps came into existence on the 20th of May, 1898, and its officers are Surgeon-Major J. O. Closs, and Captains Stephenson and Evans.
Surgeon-Major J. O. Closs , of the Dunedin Bearer Corps, is further referred to in the Medical Section of this volume. As a Freemason he is Deputy District Grand Master for Otago and Southland, under the English Constitution.