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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
6233 williams thomas reliefs selwyn more details
5269 williams david harris Eighth oroua more details
2305 williams r a fifth pahiatua more details
4103 williams howell st clair seventh auckland suburb more details
1111 williams j fourth southland more details
2656 williams g s fifth christchurch suburb more details
2657 williams n s fifth levels more details
7969 williams frank gifford Ninth dunedin more details
7973 williams john Ninth southland more details
5447 williamson hugh caskey Details auckland suburb more details
4058 williamson thomas grahamslaw seventh auckland more details
3557 williamson john douglas sixth marlborough more details
6389 williamson charles Details waiapu more details
5979 williamson robert alexander Eighth tuapeka more details
4220 willis henry leonard seventh wellington more details
2731 willis f reserves hutt more details
7243 willis robert Ninth hawkes bay more details
3682 willis edward sixth ashburton more details
3849 willis arthur sixth ashburton more details
4217 willis frank seventh hutt more details
764 willis b third waitotara more details
708 willis e third ashburton more details
0 willis frank Tenth hutt more details
4461 willis wilfred bezzick seventh ashburton more details
7394 willis ernest raymond Ninth waitotara more details
7838 willis arthur Ninth ashburton more details
7246 willott james Ninth eden more details
1356 willoughby e fourth pahiatua more details
6386 willoughby nathaniel leonard Eighth pahiatua more details
5029 willoughby edgar de burgh Eighth masterton more details
9456 wills frank Tenth waimate more details
8995 wilmot joseph ernest Tenth oroua more details
8896 wilmot thomas henry Tenth oroua more details
759 wilson j g third rangitikei more details
6388 wilson robert arnold Eighth stratford more details
9568 wilson joseph sebastopol Tenth wallace more details
4221 wilson percy william seventh wellington more details
7114 wilson james luke Ninth auckland more details
190 wilson wilfred first clutha more details
4654 wilson william edward seventh wellington 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.