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
6331 elliot william Details hawkes bay more details
9090 tuck francis henry Details waikato more details
9679 stewart charles stewart Details vincent more details
9082 rose donald henry Details waipawa more details
8915 keating james henry Details thames more details
6363 nicholson victor herbert Details wellington more details
8903 hooper henry Details horowhenua more details
9054 dawson william rawland Details auckland suburb more details
6350 hammer george Details oroua more details
9580 cameron frederick Details oroua more details
9047 cash william frederick Details auckland more details
9627 burns william raymond Details selwyn more details
6379 newsham john (Lewis Oscar) Details wairarapa south more details
3730 forbes william Details waitaki more details
9641 davidson robert gilbert Details australia more details
6344 hills walter ernest Details oroua more details
9625 nichol cecil Details wellington more details
9628 burrows james frederick Details dunedin more details
9630 boyce frederick william Details levels more details
9639 douglas james Details ashburton more details
6362 macdonald douglas mclean Details oroua more details
8140 swanson william brown Details dunedin more details
9632 calder william james Details taieri more details
6378 sturt louis william Details rangitikei more details
9634 cates george hunter Details ashburton more details
9684 webster alexander Details southland more details
9088 stitchbury ivory joseph Details auckland suburb more details
9072 mercer edward walter Details waimea more details
8783 wright evelyn john Details wellington suburb more details
9654 jones frederick richard Details christchurch more details
6313 bowles jesse Details patangata more details
8912 cullen thomas william Details masterton more details
9067 lucas frank willett Details auckland suburb more details
9678 stephen george Details ashburton more details
9682 tall john edward Details vincent more details
6380 lindop alec john hulme Details south wairarapa more details
8908 deighton richard george Details wairoa more details
9658 jones james Details westland more details
6315 boyd arthur Details waiapu more details
8913 cope gerard brentnall Details wellington 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