Surname: 
mcneil
Reg No: 
9467
Given Names: 
john boyne
Contingent: 
Tenth
Rank: 
farrier-sergeant
Unit: 
South Island Regiment - H Squadron
County/City: 
southland
Occupation: 
blacksmith
Ship: 
Norfolk 19 April 1902
Address: 
waikaka
Next of Kin: 
murphy mrs a
Next of Kin Address: 
green island dunedin
Relationship to Soldier: 
sister
Notes: 

Second name originally mistranscribed as 'boyce'.

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Robin Griffiths

Posted: 06 Feb 2021

His second name was Boyne not Boyce. He was my grandfather and elected to remain in Southern Africa. He moved to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and started a Farrier business called the Veterinary Shoeing Forge. He married Hannah Denyer PRICE born in Dunedin 20 Nov 1888, in Bulawayo on 11 Feb 1906.