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
5098 mckerrow william Eighth wellington more details
5335 dean john Eighth manukau more details
5110 reed kingsford frederick Eighth oroua more details
6109 smith joseph Eighth southland more details
6086 mclean alfred Eighth southland more details
5827 ryan thomas Eighth christchurch more details
5387 renwick albert gordon Eighth auckland suburb more details
5159 baker joseph walker Eighth waipawa more details
5473 drower harvey buckland Eighth auckland suburb more details
5914 fraser peter orr Eighth dunedin more details
5642 cavanagh patrick Eighth selwyn more details
5719 oliver william annut hill Eighth wellington more details
5895 blair william whitehouse Eighth taieri more details
5536 walker henry Eighth opotiki more details
5355 hill thomas john Eighth auckland more details
5746 clegg william james Eighth buller more details
5745 staples frederick john Eighth collingwood more details
5397 taylor william james Eighth thames more details
5507 mcrae james hector Eighth auckland suburb more details
6090 niven william alexander Eighth selwyn more details
5083 king alexander james Eighth westland more details
5087 mccallum donald Eighth wellington more details
5371 mason colin Eighth waipawa more details
5894 barron james Eighth tuapeka more details
5932 james william henry Eighth clutha more details
5922 hogg robert Eighth dunedin suburb more details
5622 anderson alexander Eighth ashley more details
5051 birnie alexander Eighth wellington more details
5252 somervell john william Eighth cook more details
0 grimes john william Eighth patea more details
5037 ross james Eighth wellington more details
5717 fraser robert john Eighth clutha more details
5157 dais william Eighth rangitikei more details
5774 chinn thomas Eighth inangahua more details
5170 bierre august Eighth waitotara more details
5254 stuckey arthur walker Eighth horowhenua more details
5818 mcdonald william george Eighth grey more details
5123 spence william Eighth wellington more details
5343 eustace sidney william Eighth auckland more details
5111 ryan thomas francis Eighth hutt 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