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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
6226 thompson robert reliefs ashburton more details
2524 thompson j fifth hawkes bay more details
5755 thompson walter darina Eighth waimea more details
415 thompson arthur warrington second christchurch more details
8887 thompson john Tenth masterton more details
2205 thompson hedley fifth hutt more details
9562 thompson george Tenth wallace more details
2652 thompson j k fifth ashburton more details
2299 thompson harold fifth rangitikei more details
1096 thompson r m fourth taieri more details
1320 thompson w d fourth marlborough more details
3800 thompson robert sixth southland more details
6225 thomson thomas reliefs christchurch more details
1154 thomson a fourth bruce more details
0 thomson w j a fourth auckland suburb more details
1470 thomson w fourth waipa more details
5704 thomson arthur shirley Eighth ashley more details
4100 thomson james fraser seventh auckland suburb more details
1004 thomson b fourth waitaki more details
1389 thomson j p fourth cook more details
313 thomson archibald john stanley second wellington more details
3436 thomson william sixth dunedin suburb more details
5396 thomson william george Eighth christchurch suburb more details
5127 thomson claude hamilton Eighth wellington more details
4453 thomson james allan seventh taieri more details
3427 thomson charles cornelius sixth waipawa more details
2298 thomson harold fifth rangitikei more details
7239 thomson william Ninth waipa more details
1693 thomson t fifth waitaki more details
2302 thomson r w fifth puzzles more details
8754 thorburn kenneth Tenth whangarei more details
421 thorean albert second levels more details
8885 thorley charles david Tenth wellington more details
614 thorn j third christchurch more details
1689 thorn j s fifth puzzles more details
8755 thornton james william Tenth whangarei more details
8756 thornton richard Tenth whangarei more details
1571 thornton g fourth taranaki more details
3290 thorp walter sixth kawhia more details
29 thorpe james First waitotara more details

Please email [email protected] if you have any corrections / additions you would like to make to the database.

This database was compiled by Colin McGeorge of the Education Department in the University of Canterbury.

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.