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
5074 higgins donald Eighth oroua more details
5887 douglass john robert Eighth waitaki more details
5053 cumming david Eighth wellington more details
5982 watt william Eighth buller more details
5669 jones frederick cleave Eighth selwyn more details
5176 tombs sidney Eighth oroua more details
5646 driscoll charles Eighth ashley more details
5078 johnson george alexander Eighth wellington more details
5354 henderson john Eighth ohinemuri more details
6013 orange george alfred Eighth taieri more details
5107 porritt harold elliott Eighth south wairarapa more details
5794 hudson frederick Eighth waimea more details
6333 fitzgerald nathaniel Eighth stratford more details
5960 price william Eighth dunedin more details
5261 woolridge ebenezer Eighth taranaki more details
5265 whitworth francis Eighth south wairarapa more details
0 street cecil henry Eighth waitaki more details
5698 syme david Eighth christchurch more details
5043 bliss alfred Eighth horowhenua more details
5250 street richard Eighth taranaki more details
5741 morgan charles frederick Eighth westland more details
5765 butler arthur Eighth buller more details
5944 mathie william edward Eighth dunedin suburb more details
5042 bourke michael Eighth hutt more details
5462 barker thomas alexander Eighth piako more details
6076 lyness robert Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5942 mearns william james Eighth dunedin suburb more details
5405 young herbert frank Eighth whangarei more details
5671 jones charles booth Eighth ashley more details
6116 wilson charles Eighth lake more details
5457 brown albert evans Eighth wellington suburb more details
5787 henderson john Eighth selwyn more details
6050 dysaski frank Eighth southland more details
5489 holmes joseph edward Eighth wellington more details
5888 ferrar david bassett Eighth wallace more details
5059 coates frank Eighth horowhenua more details
6105 ronan michael Eighth southland more details
5673 lake walter charles Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5601 hall jesse bertie Eighth christchurch more details
5689 nicholson wallace Eighth ashley 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