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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5822 | polson | george mcleod | Eighth | christchurch suburb | more details |
| 380 | poole | thomas william | second | southland | more details |
| 7689 | pope | francis ernest | Ninth | selwyn | more details |
| 52 | pope | francis richard | First | waipa | more details |
| 1038 | popham | t | fourth | taieri | more details |
| 3787 | popham | herbert | sixth | wallace | more details |
| 4565 | popham | henry | seventh | taieri | more details |
| 7692 | popple | william | Ninth | selwyn | more details |
| 5107 | porritt | harold elliott | Eighth | south wairarapa | more details |
| 1150 | porteous | a w | fourth | waikouaiti | more details |
| 0 | porter | t w | Ninth | not stated | more details |
| 677 | porter | a | third | akaroa | more details |
| 3648 | porter | raymond george | sixth | cook | more details |
| 2396 | porter | j w | fifth | stratford | more details |
| 9354 | porter | ernest | Tenth | waimate | more details |
| 0 | porter | seventh | not stated | more details | |
| 3537 | porter | robert hugh | sixth | cook | more details |
| 9204 | porter | andrew john | Tenth | ashburton | more details |
| 1530 | porter | w | fourth | southland nok | more details |
| 8633 | porter | walter james | Tenth | eden | more details |
| 4124 | porter | thomas richard | seventh | cook | more details |
| 7345 | potier | charles francis | Ninth | oroua | more details |
| 8863 | potier | albert james | Tenth | oroua | more details |
| 2400 | potter | e a a | fifth | auckland suburb | more details |
| 4045 | potter | vivian harold | seventh | auckland suburb | more details |
| 5961 | potter | henry john | Eighth | dunedin | more details |
| 9579 | potter | john joseph | Tenth | christchurch suburb | more details |
| 0 | potter | r h | fifth | auckland suburb | more details |
| 9003 | potter | edwin | Tenth | hawkes bay | more details |
| 8597 | potts | john kirker | Tenth | thames | more details |
| 850 | poulton | e t | third | hawkes bay | more details |
| 6097 | pow | james | Eighth | southland | more details |
| 8585 | powell | william | Tenth | auckland | more details |
| 2511 | powell | c w | fifth | grey | more details |
| 9319 | powell | john | Tenth | ashley | more details |
| 92 | powell | george | First | wanganui | more details |
| 3535 | powell | albert | sixth | waipawa | more details |
| 7214 | powell | albert ernest | Ninth | auckland suburb | more details |
| 7545 | power | henry wilson | Ninth | auckland suburb | more details |
| 1459 | power | c w | fourth | auckland | 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.