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
8913 cope gerard brentnall Details wellington more details
8777 mcarthur archibald Details wellington more details
6324 crump robert nixon Details oroua more details
8784 todd robert Details wellington more details
9830 wilkie charles Details auckland suburb more details
9058 gernhoefer richard samuel guttlieb Details taranaki more details
8906 mcgill henry Details hutt more details
9067 lucas frank willett Details auckland suburb more details
6316 brown william Details cook more details
9037 barry patrick stephen Details waipawa more details
6307 newcombe herbert Details grey more details
6320 cooper william Details cook more details
9053 dare william Details levels more details
9834 lear ernest Details dunedin more details
9059 griffin henry featherston Details auckland suburb more details
9039 byford david Details hawkes bay more details
9064 kavanagh laurence Details whangarei more details
9045 capper joseph john Details waikato more details
9638 dreaver robert thomas Details dunedin more details
9811 cameron david Details rangitikei more details
9635 collison hugh edward Details ashburton more details
9079 rea edward henry Details thames more details
9810 carson arthur andrew Details oroua more details
8139 mcfarlane herbert milne Details dunedin suburb more details
9828 simon david Details rotorua more details
8134 docherty william chapman Details dunedin more details
9838 ferguson arnold Details wellington more details
0 craig william alfred Details auckland more details
9076 onion joseph Details hawkes bay more details
9062 hemmings cecil Details rotorua more details
9662 kelly thomas patrick Details lake more details
9655 johnston robert Details dunedin suburb more details
8130 bax thomas butler Details wairoa more details
5626 burke william joseph Eighth christchurch more details
5022 hill frederick hugh Eighth waitotara more details
5951 mclelland alexander coulter Eighth bruce more details
6125 wheeler m thomas Eighth christchurch suburb more details
0 compton henry arthur william Eighth wellington more details
5057 callam arthur Eighth wellington more details
5063 dixon oscar clarence Eighth masterton 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