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
6319 craig henry william Eighth auckland suburb more details
5201 dilks william thomas Eighth oroua more details
5179 taylor percy Eighth cook more details
5324 browne william Eighth waimea more details
5750 dunford claude Eighth christchurch suburb more details
6066 jordan benjamin steven Eighth ashley more details
6084 macdonald archibald hutchison Eighth waitaki more details
5744 bartlett albert ernest Eighth marlborough more details
6388 wilson robert arnold Eighth stratford more details
5200 clifford charles edward Eighth wellington more details
5387 renwick albert gordon Eighth auckland suburb more details
6075 laughton john Eighth clutha more details
6109 smith joseph Eighth southland more details
5533 thwaites ernest francis Eighth hobson more details
5219 harrison william george Eighth wanganui more details
5903 cutts edward Eighth waihemo more details
5342 ebert george Eighth auckland suburb more details
5634 buzan james stephen Eighth waitaki more details
5396 thomson william george Eighth christchurch suburb more details
6032 barlow james Eighth southland more details
5498 delabrosse tyrell lushington Eighth otamatea more details
0 davis william hartley Eighth waimea more details
0 bartlett edwin Eighth hawera more details
5752 erskine john robert Eighth buller more details
5073 harvey edward john Eighth wellington more details
5160 heslop george whitfield Eighth taranaki more details
5747 hornig john gainsborough Eighth waimea more details
5041 burn ernest edward Eighth wellington more details
5922 hogg robert Eighth dunedin suburb more details
5051 birnie alexander Eighth wellington more details
5124 shaw guy langston Eighth taranaki more details
5910 daysh norman john Eighth pahiatua more details
5778 cameron william Eighth oroua more details
5208 fitzherbert arthur godfrey Eighth rangitikei more details
5975 tennant edward cowper Eighth waikouaiti more details
5016 neilson albert ernest Eighth wellington more details
5467 chester william Eighth auckland more details
5223 litchfield herbert younger Eighth oroua more details
5988 duff cecil Eighth tuapeka more details
6122 pearson alfred e Eighth ashburton 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