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
8539 dignan gordon Tenth auckland suburb more details
1101 hunter ernest fourth southland more details
7913 ivimey frederick elder Ninth dunedin more details
8541 dewar peter robert Tenth auckland more details
3331 smith sidney sixth taranaki more details
5874 grenfell alfred fitchett Eighth southland more details
9345 booth frederick underwood Tenth waitaki more details
356 kelsall v a second marlborough more details
7178 gilmour andrew kirk Ninth waipawa more details
8962 harkness reginald frank Tenth taranaki more details
7805 morrison john haughton Ninth marlborough more details
5030 wylie robert Eighth wellington more details
3332 irwin joseph sixth patea more details
1061 jolly e fourth vincent more details
7205 munro benjamin Ninth rotorua more details
7466 munro hector Ninth masterton more details
2204 kent-johnston j s fifth south wairarapa more details
1403 hickson w a fourth australia more details
1065 ross g a fourth waihemo more details
5604 joseph arthur henry Eighth christchurch suburb more details
9348 sutherland robert Tenth vincent more details
7755 connolly wilfred Ninth auckland suburb more details
5300 taubman alexander goldie Eighth hawkes bay more details
1550 read a fourth waipawa more details
8591 osmond james ingram Tenth auckland suburb more details
1049 white h fourth vincent more details
1620 braddock a e fifth vincent more details
4122 petersen andrew seventh hawkes bay more details
9020 taylor percy Tenth waitotara more details
4039 mcpherson william seventh manukau more details
491 wilson william henry montague second dunedin more details
9116 smith john henry Tenth ashburton more details
7973 williams john Ninth southland more details
7809 payne frederick william Ninth ashburton more details
7667 mckay donald Ninth ashley more details
7657 kennedy john Ninth taieri more details
5168 hughes james cecil Eighth waipawa more details
4248 leighton thomas seventh waimea more details
1566 duncan r n fourth waipawa more details
1384 barton f s fourth cook 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