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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5739 | sowman | walter | Eighth | waimea | more details |
| 8084 | spain | john | Ninth | vincent | more details |
| 1051 | spain | w h | fourth | vincent | more details |
| 2409 | spark | f | fifth | auckland suburb | more details |
| 9017 | sparke | frank | Tenth | patea | more details |
| 9123 | sparrow | william john | Tenth | ashburton | more details |
| 6146 | spear | howard walshe | reliefs | waimea | more details |
| 2724 | speck | e w | reserves | stratford | more details |
| 7351 | speck | ernest brinkworth | Ninth | stratford | more details |
| 4651 | speedy | alexander pringle | seventh | kiwitea | more details |
| 0 | speedy | john frederick | Tenth | patangata | more details |
| 2202 | speedy | j f | fifth | patangata | more details |
| 3418 | spence | james | sixth | wellington | more details |
| 5123 | spence | william | Eighth | wellington | more details |
| 8076 | spencer | cecil blackburn | Ninth | waimea | more details |
| 3421 | spencer | edward john stuart | sixth | horowhenua | more details |
| 455 | spencer | edward | second | oroua | more details |
| 4375 | spencer | roland | seventh | ashley | more details |
| 7704 | spencer | matthew | Ninth | selwyn | more details |
| 685 | spencer | d | third | kaikoura | more details |
| 2325 | spencer | s | fifth | auckland suburb | more details |
| 7499 | spiers | edward black | Ninth | wellington | more details |
| 7826 | spiers | bertram frederick | Ninth | inangahua | more details |
| 8083 | spiers | edgar | Ninth | westland | more details |
| 5531 | spilman | arthur marson | Eighth | waikato | more details |
| 0 | spragg | fourth | not stated | more details | |
| 3662 | spring | george | sixth | christchurch suburb | more details |
| 4445 | spring | francis | seventh | levels | more details |
| 5532 | spurdle | frederick maurice | Eighth | waitotara | more details |
| 2411 | stables | t j | fifth | rotorua | more details |
| 1334 | stack | w m | fourth | oroua | more details |
| 411 | stackwood | walter | second | waitotara | more details |
| 3548 | stafford | thomas | sixth | waipawa | more details |
| 8752 | stafford | william nathaniel | Tenth | auckland | more details |
| 4070 | stagpoole | victor b | seventh | taranaki | more details |
| 1116 | stalker | d | fourth | wallace | more details |
| 9470 | stalker | duncan | Tenth | wallace | more details |
| 9553 | stalker | alexander | Tenth | wallace | more details |
| 2521 | stallard | h w | fifth | waimea | more details |
| 7849 | stanaway | john aloysius | 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
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.