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 Contingent County/City
0 eccles horace dorset Eighth mongonui more details
0 falconer alexander robertson Ninth dunedin more details
0 burns thomas First not stated more details
0 godfray s c third waipawa more details
9155 coleman Tenth christchurch more details
9226 jeffreys charles alfred Tenth buller more details
9112 lyons thos. walter Tenth akaroa more details
9343 challis arthur Tenth southland more details
9459 west arthur Tenth dunedin more details
9115 mather william Tenth christchurch suburb more details
9227 smith joseph henry Tenth grey more details
9344 elston frederick john goddard Tenth christchurch more details
6027 cheyne john Eighth lake more details
5888 ferrar david bassett Eighth wallace more details
5887 douglass john robert Eighth waitaki more details
5756 blissett isaac a Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5663 glen thomas Eighth christchurch more details
5310 smith david Eighth whangarei more details
5180 kirkham arthur james Eighth hawkes bay more details
5175 adams robert stafford Eighth oroua more details
2636 pirie g c fifth christchurch more details
2342 abbott h fifth manukau more details
5757 brown frank Eighth grey more details
6026 cook lewis george Eighth wallace more details
5618 mcphederan colin campbell Eighth levels more details
5308 courtenay alfred charles Eighth whangarei more details
7986 wynn-williams cecil Ninth christchurch more details
7880 seddon richard john Ninth oroua more details
3327 malcolm john william sixth wellington more details
8891 ward louis wellington Tenth wellington more details
4121 lockett ernest barnett seventh waitotara more details
1157 jickell w fourth waimea more details
1 rogers charles phillip First taranaki more details
5015 charters alexander burnett Eighth christchurch suburb more details
7969 williams frank gifford Ninth dunedin more details
7705 sundin martin laland Ninth grey more details
5431 bell malcolm james Eighth rangitikei more details
5736 freeth ernest john william Eighth waimea more details
4242 love daniel joseph seventh wellington more details
4048 robertson henry seventh 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