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Advertising for recruits in 1890, the Wellington Rifle Company was particularly interested in applicants' height and chest measurements. The specified minimum height of 5 feet 6 inches (168 centimetres) seems short by modern standards but was probably above average for a late-19th-century New Zealand man.
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Reference: Eph-B-ARMY-1890-01
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