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 Namessort descending Contingent County/City
2528 wallace a fifth hawkes bay more details
2288 retter a fifth horowhenua more details
1271 woodward a fourth dunedin more details
746 newcombe a third rangitikei more details
1154 thomson a fourth bruce more details
1316 chambers a fourth wellington more details
626 chapman a third amuri more details
633 coupland a third levels more details
1129 mcewen a fourth southland more details
2659 wookey a fifth ashburton more details
2344 braithwaite a fifth hawkes bay more details
2212 anderson a fifth hutt more details
1630 ferguson a fifth maniototo more details
656 knudson a third akaroa more details
649 harper a third christchurch suburb more details
1616 campbell a fifth waikouaiti more details
1549 gilmour a fourth hawkes bay more details
846 mcdonald a third hawkes bay more details
616 syme a third christchurch more details
2442 francis a fifth wellington more details
1653 mcdonald a fifth southland more details
1114 keown a fourth southland more details
1633 goodman a fifth dunedin suburb more details
0 mclellan a fifth not stated more details
677 porter a third akaroa more details
1033 west a fourth christchurch more details
1550 read a fourth waipawa more details
2222 cook a fifth hutt more details
630 cook a c s third ashley more details
1105 challis a h fourth southland more details
2240 goodall a j fifth hawkes bay more details
1361 young a j fourth wellington more details
1258 baker a j fourth wellington more details
2514 risden a j fifth hawkes bay more details
1328 rusden a j fourth waitotara more details
2500 mcmurray a j fifth waimea more details
1256 boddington a j fourth masterton more details
1803 maclaine a j fourth marlborough more details
1802 macfarlane a j h fourth buller more details
2340 allen a a fifth auckland suburb 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