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 ascending County/City
5676 murphy martin joseph Eighth selwyn more details
5754 starky john bayntun Eighth ashley more details
5507 mcrae james hector Eighth auckland suburb more details
6090 niven william alexander Eighth selwyn more details
5209 gricourt adolph Eighth united kingdom more details
6386 willoughby nathaniel leonard Eighth pahiatua more details
5067 fletcher john Eighth wellington more details
5475 eivers edmund william Eighth whakatane more details
5531 spilman arthur marson Eighth waikato more details
5006 toohill william henry Eighth wellington more details
0 gardiner thomas john Eighth wellington more details
5308 courtenay alfred charles Eighth whangarei more details
5399 urquhart hector alexander trevanion Eighth manukau more details
5722 smith sidney lambert Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5192 bourne arthur uniacke Eighth wellington more details
6046 cook robert Eighth southland more details
5817 mcnichol alexander william Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5225 lawson thomas Eighth taranaki more details
5714 watkins frederick Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5216 higgs frederick Eighth cook more details
5839 smith sidney enfield Eighth waimea more details
5644 cottrell cyril crispe Eighth christchurch more details
5364 little charles Eighth coromandel more details
5188 bremner william Eighth wanganui more details
5901 cornish richard alexander mcgregor Eighth taieri more details
5822 polson george mcleod Eighth christchurch suburb more details
0 orbell henry scott Eighth waikouaiti more details
5645 donaughey robert thomas Eighth selwyn more details
6071 lowe francis david Eighth selwyn more details
0 saunders edward Eighth ashburton more details
5600 murray frank leslie Eighth kaikoura more details
5811 meredith richard Eighth selwyn more details
6012 forsyth henry Eighth peninsula more details
5172 haselden frederick Eighth rangitikei more details
5679 murphy arthur Eighth chatham islands more details
5510 murray donald colin Eighth auckland more details
6091 neilson andrew Eighth pahiatua more details
5325 brownlee james little Eighth auckland more details
6390 wright herbert james Eighth waitotara more details
5093 mclaughlin john Eighth wellington 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