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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 Family name Click to sort this column in Ascending order Given name(s) Contingent County/City
7396 cooper arthur john Ninth cook more details
4012 cooper thomas seventh auckland suburb more details
6320 cooper william Details cook more details
632 cooper j g g third waimate more details
9380 cooper thomas ernest Tenth vincent more details
4011 cooper arthur john seventh auckland more details
804 cooper j j third westland more details
9346 cooper john joseph Tenth vincent more details
3830 cooper charles henry garrett sixth ashley more details
8913 cope gerard brentnall Details wellington more details
2356 copeland j fifth auckland more details
8682 copland john Tenth dunedin more details
9501 corbett harry Tenth dunedin more details
7757 corby duncan oran Ninth waitotara more details
0 corfe arthur cecil Tenth christchurch more details
4508 corkin hugh seventh wallace more details
2456 corlet g v fifth hutt more details
7423 corlet george valentine Ninth hutt more details
0 corlett henry robert seymour Tenth rotorua more details
1426 corlett h r s fourth rotorua more details
9362 corliss mortimer patrick Tenth wellington suburb more details
4009 cornes harry graham seventh piako more details
4614 cornford edwin seventh hawkes bay more details
5901 cornish richard alexander mcgregor Eighth taieri more details
1021 cornish c n a fourth dunedin more details
8803 cornwall frederick Tenth masterton more details
1062 corson d m fourth dunedin more details
6044 corson john george Eighth dunedin more details
123 cossar mark first selwyn more details
9122 cossar david henry Tenth selwyn more details
0 cossgrove david Tenth ashley more details
7149 cossgrove patrick john Ninth wairoa more details
0 cossgrove david sixth not stated more details
7155 cottee william charles Ninth thames more details
2499 cotter j t fifth vincent more details
305 cotter c second waitotara more details
786 cotterill w third buller more details
0 cotterill george robert Eighth hawkes bay more details
2358 cottingham r j fifth auckland suburb more details
7543 cotton charles kenneth Ninth christchurch suburb more details

How to cite this page

Embarkation database, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/new-zealand-in-the-south-african-boer-war/database, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated

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.