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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
9116 smith john henry Tenth ashburton more details
8879 smith henry hazelhurst Tenth wellington more details
4061 smith agmen george seventh wellington more details
3657 smith ernest george sixth hutt more details
3797 smith harold sixth southland more details
3331 smith sidney sixth taranaki more details
9227 smith joseph henry Tenth grey more details
8078 smith david kay Ninth wallace more details
9230 smith daniel Tenth buller more details
5310 smith david Eighth whangarei more details
5121 smithers henry george albert Eighth australia more details
444 smithson john fletcher second pohangina more details
1104 smoothy e a fourth southland more details
175 smyth george first not stated more details
3687 smyth george sixth clutha more details
0 smythe r b Ninth not stated more details
8607 snelgar george albert Tenth thames more details
5436 snelling douglas cromwell Eighth whangarei more details
2519 snook e n fifth waimea more details
9329 snook john herbert Tenth collingwood more details
9013 snoswell joseph Tenth hawkes bay more details
3541 snoswell allwood sixth hawkes bay more details
7235 snowden thomas Ninth hobson more details
5837 sollitt george e Eighth selwyn more details
9330 solly john Tenth collingwood more details
5252 somervell john william Eighth cook more details
0 somerville charles leslie second wanganui more details
410 somerville horace ernest second waipawa more details
0 sommerville j r fifth not stated more details
0 sommerville charles leslie Eighth wanganui more details
0 sommerville joe reginald fourth not stated more details
344 sommerville henry egerton Second wellington more details
5162 sommerville john adam Eighth wanganui more details
1467 sorenson j c fourth manukau more details
1057 sorenson j fourth dunedin suburb more details
9681 sotheran thomas Details grey more details
9209 south richard william Tenth christchurch more details
7503 southcombe alexander Ninth patea more details
5256 southern william Eighth united kingdom more details
8081 soutter william Ninth lake 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.