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
5691 o'donnell joseph Eighth christchurch suburb more details
6109 smith joseph Eighth southland more details
5443 petchell francis john Eighth manukau more details
5231 murphy arthur Eighth taranaki more details
5120 smith arthur henry Eighth clifton more details
0 rhodes robert heaton Eighth selwyn more details
5212 hughes andrew patrick Eighth hawera more details
5308 courtenay alfred charles Eighth whangarei more details
6386 willoughby nathaniel leonard Eighth pahiatua more details
5434 taylor william Eighth cook more details
5086 macaulay charles haddan spurgeon Eighth wellington more details
6080 malcolm john joseph Eighth dunedin suburb more details
5748 harding harry Eighth hawkes bay more details
5376 mcdonald hugh Eighth wellington more details
5961 potter henry john Eighth dunedin more details
5612 brown robert james Eighth puzzles more details
5917 gibson douglas charles Eighth dunedin more details
5740 childe harry edgar Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5503 milne james green Eighth otamatea more details
0 ferguson george weir Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5774 chinn thomas Eighth inangahua more details
5519 pevreal richard andrew Eighth piako more details
5840 stephen william alexander Eighth buller more details
5600 murray frank leslie Eighth kaikoura more details
6130 mcbride andrew lindsay Eighth waitaki more details
6012 forsyth henry Eighth peninsula more details
5172 haselden frederick Eighth rangitikei more details
5016 neilson albert ernest Eighth wellington more details
5737 davies john william Eighth selwyn more details
5903 cutts edward Eighth waihemo more details
5697 shellock arthur Eighth ashburton more details
5779 craze william alfred Eighth westland more details
5695 rattray alexander Eighth waimate more details
0 lewin montague c m Eighth christchurch suburb more details
6122 pearson alfred e Eighth ashburton more details
5234 nelson henry Eighth horowhenua more details
5362 lund george edward Eighth waipawa more details
5195 cunningham thomas Eighth hawkes bay more details
5218 hood francis shaw Eighth masterton more details
0 blair duncan barrie Eighth waitotara 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