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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
0 richards arthur Tenth christchurch more details
3410 richards edward lloyd sixth horowhenua more details
3538 richards joseph foote sixth marlborough more details
4206 richards william seventh horowhenua more details
5830 richards frank harold Eighth waimea more details
7493 richards john benjamin Ninth horowhenua more details
9009 richards ralph Tenth waipawa more details
680 richards r r third ashley more details
2513 richards j w fifth waimea more details
3278 richards james sixth auckland more details
4484 richards arthur seventh christchurch more details
794 richardson thomas george airey third hawkes bay more details
0 richardson thomas george airey Ninth hawkes bay more details
315 richardson herbert thornton second wellington more details
0 richardson henry mckellar whyte seventh wellington more details
7227 richardson robert sharman hughes Ninth eden more details
9434 richardson edward malcott Tenth bruce more details
814 richardson r third cook more details
852 richardson t third taranaki more details
9118 richfield samuel james Tenth akaroa more details
9436 ridd william thomas Tenth tuapeka more details
94 riddell william oliver First patea more details
1682 riddell r fifth dunedin suburb more details
9548 riddell mark Tenth wallace more details
1683 riddell a c fifth wallace more details
8073 riddell andrew gabriel Ninth wallace more details
1283 riddick harry mellifont fourth wellington more details
7947 rider colin william Ninth dunedin more details
1324 ridley c w fourth hutt more details
2641 ridley j w fifth ashley more details
7950 rigby james carr Ninth dunedin suburb more details
5834 righton herbert Eighth christchurch more details
9099 riley james Details vincent more details
9322 ring percy Tenth ashley more details
7220 ripley william Ninth thames more details
3651 rippingale william henry sixth waimate more details
3653 rippingale john blanchard sixth waimate more details
3652 rippingale joseph woodhead sixth geraldine more details
2514 risden a j fifth hawkes bay more details
7228 ritson joseph thomas Ninth westland 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.