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
|
Given name(s) | Contingent | County/City | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9392 | dempsey | william | Tenth | grey | more details |
| 9502 | dempster | alex | Tenth | wallace | more details |
| 7158 | dempster | maxwell | Ninth | hobson | more details |
| 5435 | denby | walter henry | Eighth | auckland suburb | more details |
| 9158 | denham | clarence murray | Tenth | waimea | more details |
| 5065 | denhard | henry conrad | Eighth | wellington | more details |
| 8684 | dennison | george | Tenth | whangarei | more details |
| 4520 | denniston | james | seventh | southland | more details |
| 4156 | denny | charles john | seventh | cook | more details |
| 4280 | dent | richard | seventh | waimea | more details |
| 5338 | denyer | ernest frederick | Eighth | auckland suburb | more details |
| 3359 | dermott | john | sixth | wellington | more details |
| 0 | derrett | george cecil | Tenth | selwyn | more details |
| 3834 | derrett | clement camm | sixth | selwyn | more details |
| 638 | derrett | g c | third | selwyn | more details |
| 7630 | devane | thomas michael | Ninth | ashburton | more details |
| 9482 | deveraux | john fitzpatrick | Tenth | southland | more details |
| 6182 | devereux | clement lawrence | reliefs | christchurch | more details |
| 435 | devereux | rodney | second | auckland suburb | more details |
| 1270 | devery | j m c | fourth | patea | more details |
| 4616 | devine | albert henry | seventh | wellington | more details |
| 6051 | devon | walter | Eighth | maniototo | more details |
| 0 | dewar | a r j | fifth | waitotara | more details |
| 3725 | dewar | peter robert | sixth | dunedin suburb | more details |
| 8541 | dewar | peter robert | Tenth | auckland | more details |
| 4279 | diamond | alexander | seventh | collingwood | more details |
| 4016 | dibble | frank gordon | seventh | ohinemuri | more details |
| 9232 | dibble | john james mcdonald | Tenth | kaikoura | more details |
| 126 | dick | william | first | marlborough | more details |
| 5751 | dick | albert james | Eighth | marlborough | more details |
| 5339 | dick | robert | Eighth | auckland suburb | more details |
| 0 | dickenson | harold lissaman | seventh | christchurch | more details |
| 8540 | dickey | william j | Tenth | tauranga | more details |
| 127 | dickinson | harold lissaman | first | christchurch | more details |
| 8944 | dickinson | thomas harry | Tenth | stratford | more details |
| 1623 | dickson | a | fifth | southland | more details |
| 1139 | dickson | david | fourth | southla nd | more details |
| 5340 | dickson | robert | Eighth | ohinemuri | more details |
| 2676 | dignan | g | reserves | auckland | more details |
| 8539 | dignan | gordon | Tenth | auckland 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.