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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
8946 drinkwater henry Tenth waipawa more details
1155 drinnan r a fourth bruce more details
7033 drinnan william andrew Ninth waitemata more details
2467 driscole h l fifth waitaki more details
9508 driscoll frank henry Tenth dunedin suburb more details
5646 driscoll charles Eighth ashley more details
7629 driscoll henry Ninth ashley more details
9055 drower george edmond Details auckland suburb more details
5473 drower harvey buckland Eighth auckland suburb more details
727 drummond c third rangitikei more details
0 drury james seventh auckland more details
4517 dry james dunbar seventh dunedin more details
1621 dryden a p fifth bruce more details
4157 duckett john edward seventh masterton more details
8017 duckworth robert francis Ninth bruce more details
5648 dudley charles hector Eighth selwyn more details
327 dudley arthur william second ashley more details
5988 duff cecil Eighth tuapeka more details
1048 duff c s fourth tuapeka more details
5909 duff oliver Eighth tuapeka more details
8016 duff john Ninth clutha more details
5911 duffey frederick Eighth waitaki more details
1002 duffy w r fourth waitaki more details
783 duggan M third taranaki more details
0 duigan john evelyn Tenth waitotara more details
8943 duigan william joseph Tenth waitotara more details
725 duigan h v third waitotara more details
4073 duimovich thomas seventh waikato more details
5649 duke ernest edward Eighth selwyn more details
7293 duller harry john Ninth taranaki more details
323 dumaresque r h f second waipawa more details
7161 dumphy charles edward Ninth puzzles more details
3835 duncan james malcolm sixth ashley more details
7429 duncan edmund clarke Ninth waimea more details
3724 duncan edgar sixth oroua more details
8812 duncan alexander low Tenth dunedin more details
1012 duncan a fourth tuapeka more details
9389 duncan archibald campbell Tenth waitaki more details
5651 duncan george Eighth ashley more details
1566 duncan r n fourth waipawa 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.