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
5631 budge walter thomas Eighth ashley more details
5818 mcdonald william george Eighth grey more details
5293 silcock samuel thomas Eighth ohinemuri more details
5343 eustace sidney william Eighth auckland more details
5345 farmer daniel george Eighth piako more details
5967 shand george Eighth bruce more details
5206 finnamore walter gordon Eighth stratford more details
5034 rogers harold cummins Eighth wellington more details
0 palmer sydney robert Eighth taranaki more details
5128 vicary lionel william herbert Eighth waipawa more details
5157 dais william Eighth rangitikei more details
5241 runciman william mckenzie Eighth taranaki more details
5899 cushnie james Eighth southland more details
5254 stuckey arthur walker Eighth horowhenua more details
5510 murray donald colin Eighth auckland more details
6091 neilson andrew Eighth pahiatua more details
5761 belcher james Eighth ashley more details
5177 puflett george h Eighth hawkes bay more details
5091 marcks lewis hewson Eighth wellington more details
5080 johnston albert kenmore Eighth waipa more details
5071 gibbons patrick Eighth masterton more details
5252 somervell john william Eighth cook more details
5065 denhard henry conrad Eighth wellington more details
6099 pinkerton robert Eighth mackenzie more details
6113 turner william Eighth taieri more details
5302 best sidney herbert Eighth auckland suburb more details
5612 brown robert james Eighth puzzles more details
5974 third william Eighth cook more details
6097 pow james Eighth southland more details
5605 collins herbert Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5878 mcintosh william scobie Eighth southland more details
5917 gibson douglas charles Eighth dunedin more details
5036 mckain john ward Eighth hutt more details
5616 pilcher alfred george william Eighth amuri more details
5989 baxter walker Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5632 beck william arthur Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5948 mcknight robert Eighth vincent more details
5821 newton william Eighth geraldine more details
5347 firmston frank Eighth wellington more details
5351 green patrick Eighth oroua 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