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 ascending County/City
5303 swanberg charles william Eighth whangarei more details
5891 burns ritchie james Eighth waitaki more details
0 polson donald dso Eighth marlborough more details
5943 miller david Eighth waikouaiti more details
0 forbes francis courtenay sutherland Eighth pahiatua more details
5971 scott william henry robertson Eighth dunedin more details
5110 reed kingsford frederick Eighth oroua more details
5233 meyrick herbert Eighth hutt more details
9814 hannon joseph Details waipawa more details
9642 ferguson robert stewart Details southland more details
6361 mcchesney thomas Details rangitikei more details
9042 boot alfred Details auckland more details
8131 bateman harry george Details dunedin more details
9055 drower george edmond Details auckland suburb more details
9652 hildyard sidney harcourt Details selwyn more details
9806 avenell henry Details auckland more details
9674 nicol frank wilfred Details waitaki more details
6432 glass walter thomas Details westland more details
6371 robbie david barker Details taranaki more details
9581 napper sydney frederick Details christchurch more details
9832 wickens albert edward Details masterton more details
9687 francis reginald alfred perry Details christchurch more details
9650 henderson robert Details dunedin more details
9643 forman marshall john Details buller more details
9050 cowell henry lennox Details australia more details
8906 mcgill henry Details hutt more details
9037 barry patrick stephen Details waipawa more details
6341 gordon william Details waitotara more details
6320 cooper william Details cook more details
6312 bland harry Details hawkes bay more details
9056 evans de lacy Details auckland suburb more details
9636 caverhill francis john scott Details christchurch suburb more details
9039 byford david Details hawkes bay more details
6304 rankin john Details waitotara more details
9635 collison hugh edward Details ashburton more details
9064 kavanagh laurence Details whangarei more details
9045 capper joseph john Details waikato more details
8904 kilminster winford robert Details hutt more details
9631 bateman james barrington Details bruce more details
6309 allardice george henry frederick Details waipawa 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