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
5798 humphrey james Eighth lake more details
5107 porritt harold elliott Eighth south wairarapa more details
5983 willett neill malcolm campbell Eighth dunedin suburb more details
5268 winter samuel Eighth wellington more details
5648 dudley charles hector Eighth selwyn more details
5976 waldie james Eighth dunedin more details
5246 shannon athol ernest clarence Eighth oroua more details
5164 smith leslie Eighth hawkes bay more details
5401 walker ernest henry Eighth whangarei more details
6102 reay william Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5054 carbery charles Eighth hutt more details
5901 cornish richard alexander mcgregor Eighth taieri more details
6027 cheyne john Eighth lake more details
0 blair duncan barrie Eighth waitotara more details
6351 jackson john keith Eighth hutt more details
5464 colquhorn ludovic Eighth whangarei more details
6053 elston samuel george Eighth waihemo more details
5786 higham mark Eighth selwyn more details
5064 dobson william henry Eighth wellington more details
5259 whitcombe george Eighth waitotara more details
5911 duffey frederick Eighth waitaki more details
5093 mclaughlin john Eighth wellington more details
5623 andrews valentine Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5706 wallace charles gladstone Eighth christchurch more details
0 vallance james baird Eighth wellington more details
0 bullock george gilbert Eighth waitotara more details
5736 freeth ernest john william Eighth waimea more details
5490 horspool alfred outram Eighth auckland more details
5776 crombie william dudley stuart Eighth grey more details
5696 scott william tasman Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5807 lally patrick Eighth grey more details
6372 seymour robert Eighth waipa more details
5930 johnston william aitken Eighth dunedin more details
5229 mayhew ambrose Eighth oroua more details
5269 williams david harris Eighth oroua more details
5665 hill reginald frederick Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5977 waldie gilbert Eighth dunedin more details
0 polson donald dso Eighth marlborough more details
5250 street richard Eighth taranaki more details
5344 fish samuel henry Eighth auckland suburb 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