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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
5071 gibbons patrick Eighth masterton more details
3493 gibbons john percy sixth collingwood more details
5348 gibbons charles francis Eighth thames more details
8030 gibbs joseph henry Ninth waimea more details
9280 gibbs george herbert Tenth waimea more details
5784 gibbs william archer Eighth waimea more details
9646 gibson alexander david Details waitaki more details
7639 gibson george orrock murdoch Ninth selwyn more details
4408 gibson alexander david seventh waitaki more details
7895 gibson alfred lewis Ninth dunedin suburb more details
7640 gibson william Ninth christchurch more details
5917 gibson douglas charles Eighth dunedin more details
1007 gibson d f fourth taieri more details
799 gibson j g third westland more details
4020 gibson walter nettleham seventh waipa more details
1432 gibson w r fourth coromandel more details
8821 giesen frank Tenth oroua more details
4407 gilbert henry george seventh ashley more details
8504 gilbert charles Tenth auckland more details
3612 gilbert samuel sixth christchurch suburb more details
733 gilchrist j third waitotara more details
9402 gilchrist john Tenth waitaki more details
8695 giles charles william Tenth cook more details
431 gill carlin second taranaki more details
644 gill r o third christchurch suburb more details
9167 gill frederick edwin Tenth selwyn more details
8028 gill thomas Ninth southland more details
4019 gill arthur seventh manukau more details
4022 gillan thomas seventh thames more details
8557 gillander charles mcrae Tenth waipa more details
5486 gillander francis vincent Eighth waipa more details
3616 gillanders edward sixth christchurch more details
9276 gillespie jos. francis Tenth geraldine more details
310 GILLESPIE arthur richard second wellington more details
7771 gillien john frederick Ninth wellington more details
3490 gillies henry william sixth hawkes bay more details
3732 gillies hugh cameron sixth dunedin suburb more details
4529 gilligan thomas seventh taieri more details
9281 gilmer robert Tenth grey more details
7769 gilmer samuel Ninth grey 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.