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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
4430 nelson james henry seventh wellington more details
5234 nelson henry Eighth horowhenua more details
8857 nelson sidney Tenth horowhenua more details
9315 nelson david Tenth grey more details
5956 nelson james Eighth bruce more details
9316 nelson charles Tenth collingwood more details
611 nelson e w third bay of islands more details
7337 nelson arthur Ninth cook more details
3401 nelson george frederick sixth waipawa more details
1671 nelson p fifth southland more details
2392 nesbitt h fifth coromandel more details
2697 newall w j reserves taranaki more details
0 newall stuart fifth not stated more details
537 newcombe herbert second grey more details
746 newcombe a third rangitikei more details
6307 newcombe herbert Details grey more details
3531 newcombe frank sixth marlborough more details
163 newdick alfred first thames more details
0 newdick william henry Ninth ohinemuri more details
8590 newdick herbert Tenth thames more details
1410 newdick w h fourth ohinemuri more details
2282 newman e p fifth wellington more details
79 newman charles First hutt more details
1085 newman c fourth wanganui more details
0 newman charles Ninth wanganui more details
8623 newsham george hursthouse Tenth taranaki more details
6379 newsham john (Lewis Oscar) Details wairarapa south more details
1496 newsome m fourth grey more details
5819 newth winfield Eighth waimea more details
5821 newton william Eighth geraldine more details
8061 newton george Ninth wallace more details
9625 nichol cecil Details wellington more details
7087 nicholas joseph Ninth auckland suburb more details
2394 nicholas j fifth auckland suburb more details
1526 nicholls h fourth hawkes bay more details
2506 nicholls j fifth marlborough more details
5955 nicholls jesse charles Eighth bruce more details
2631 nicholls h fifth akaroa more details
5689 nicholson wallace Eighth ashley more details
0 nicholson james millar Ninth dunedin 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

South African War service records and other information for soldiers in this database can now be found on Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database.