NZ units in South Africa 1899-1902

Page 5 – Embarkation database

The information was sourced from the nominal rolls of the New Zealand Contingents published in the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. It contains the names, contingents, companies, registration numbers, ranks, embarkation details, addresses, next of kin and occupations of every New Zealand soldier who joined the New Zealand contingents that sailed to the South African War. Note that New Zealand soldiers who enlisted in British, Australian or South African forces do not appear on this database.
Reg No Surname Given Names Contingentsort descending County/City
5250 street richard Eighth taranaki more details
5649 duke ernest edward Eighth selwyn more details
5956 nelson james Eighth bruce more details
5109 reilly william Eighth wellington more details
5074 higgins donald Eighth oroua more details
5029 willoughby edgar de burgh Eighth masterton more details
5063 dixon oscar clarence Eighth masterton more details
6022 findlay john Eighth taieri more details
5798 humphrey james Eighth lake more details
5815 meharry james gilchrist Eighth westland more details
5113 smith sydney harold Eighth wellington more details
5262 wood charles Eighth stratford more details
5268 winter samuel Eighth wellington more details
5887 douglass john robert Eighth waitaki more details
5952 mcbride robert Eighth vincent more details
5651 duncan george Eighth ashley more details
6036 banks john Eighth southland more details
5256 southern william Eighth united kingdom more details
5960 price william Eighth dunedin more details
5106 pepper george henry Eighth horowhenua more details
5190 black allan Eighth cook more details
5464 colquhorn ludovic Eighth whangarei more details
6053 elston samuel george Eighth waihemo more details
5619 anderson charles august Eighth akaroa more details
5540 wykes hector james Eighth auckland suburb more details
6042 bourne charles spencer Eighth christchurch more details
5076 iorns william augustus Eighth masterton more details
5064 dobson william henry Eighth wellington more details
5608 orchard george Eighth ashley more details
5240 ross david Eighth waitotara more details
5660 garcia eric marston Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5668 harper philip hamilton Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5264 webb frank henry Eighth piako more details
5318 baguley charles henry william Eighth manukau more details
5489 holmes joseph edward Eighth wellington more details
5162 sommerville john adam Eighth wanganui more details
5496 kobler frederick Eighth wellington suburb more details
6023 cameron william francis Eighth vincent more details
5807 lally patrick Eighth grey more details
6372 seymour robert Eighth waipa more details

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Service records online

Most of the South African War service records for soldiers in this database have now been digitised and are available by searching the Archives New Zealand Archway website.

How to cite this page

'Embarkation database', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/new-zealand-in-the-south-african-boer-war/database, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 4-Mar-2022