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
5514 neil david Eighth waikato more details
5306 hall william thomas walsham Eighth taranaki more details
5778 cameron william Eighth oroua more details
5806 lunn john neighoff Eighth collingwood more details
5249 stanly henry robert Eighth waipawa more details
5659 glenie herbert austin Eighth selwyn more details
5692 purves james Eighth ashley more details
5252 somervell john william Eighth cook more details
5367 moore william john dennerby Eighth ohinemuri more details
5160 heslop george whitfield Eighth taranaki more details
5106 pepper george henry Eighth horowhenua more details
6013 orange george alfred Eighth taieri more details
6031 boyd archibald neil Eighth dunedin suburb more details
5073 harvey edward john Eighth wellington more details
5396 thomson william george Eighth christchurch suburb more details
6032 barlow james Eighth southland more details
5044 barker william john Eighth wellington more details
6060 harvey john Eighth waitaki more details
5769 crampton philip douglas Eighth cheviot more details
5988 duff cecil Eighth tuapeka more details
5105 palmerston norman adam Eighth oroua more details
5990 bryan john Eighth selwyn more details
5094 messenger george lawton Eighth wellington more details
5332 calvert leo Eighth auckland suburb more details
5496 kobler frederick Eighth wellington suburb more details
5528 smith john henry Eighth rotorua more details
5524 scanlan edward Eighth hobson more details
5759 anderson andrew Eighth westland more details
5746 clegg william james Eighth buller more details
5784 gibbs william archer Eighth waimea more details
5253 swarbrick john geoffrey Eighth wairoa more details
5693 revell lewis john Eighth ashley more details
5323 blackwell edwin west Eighth auckland more details
5178 edwards george frederick Eighth patea more details
5371 mason colin Eighth waipawa more details
5685 mclaughlin Eighth christchurch suburb more details
0 mcnab alexander Eighth southland more details
6033 black james Eighth southland more details
5641 cheesman walter augustus Eighth christchurch more details
5740 childe harry edgar Eighth christchurch 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