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
5115 smith charles Eighth wellington more details
5720 robinson john Eighth ashburton more details
0 orbell henry scott Eighth waikouaiti more details
5045 brasell robert Eighth hutt more details
0 saunders edward Eighth ashburton more details
5538 wyman ralph Eighth eden more details
5467 chester william Eighth auckland more details
5223 litchfield herbert younger Eighth oroua more details
5852 hood frederick Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5160 heslop george whitfield Eighth taranaki more details
5400 wilson james henry Eighth waitemata more details
6082 mayne george henry Eighth southland more details
5019 jackson cranworth franklin Eighth horowhenua more details
6009 frisken john thomas Eighth southland more details
5396 thomson william george Eighth christchurch suburb more details
6032 barlow james Eighth southland more details
5622 anderson alexander Eighth ashley more details
5044 barker william john Eighth wellington more details
5001 latta robert sanderson Eighth wellington more details
6337 gedge charles Eighth hawkes bay more details
5951 mclelland alexander coulter Eighth bruce more details
5327 blomfielfd frederick wilcox Eighth auckland suburb more details
6125 wheeler m thomas Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5077 james william Eighth wellington more details
5637 cuthbert william george Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5608 orchard george Eighth ashley more details
5826 rebay alfred Eighth westland more details
5240 ross david Eighth waitotara more details
5784 gibbs william archer Eighth waimea more details
6387 wilson william Eighth waipawa more details
5381 page walter vernon Eighth hokianga more details
5898 cameron dugal archibald Eighth tuapeka more details
5463 braund joseph norman Eighth auckland more details
5253 swarbrick john geoffrey Eighth wairoa more details
5432 fraser edwin gordon Eighth auckland more details
6121 peake charles ernest Eighth dunedin more details
0 sommerville charles leslie Eighth wanganui more details
5103 parker e f Eighth wellington more details
5724 rutherford leslie a Eighth amuri more details
5075 hulme hedley russell Eighth 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