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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
2445 jacobs l n fifth waimea more details
9177 jacobsen horace joseph Tenth christchurch suburb more details
1645 jacquery b e fifth southland more details
3378 jaffray william johnstone sixth wellington more details
839 jago h third hawkes bay more details
5081 james george ellis Eighth waitotara more details
4628 james gordon stuart seventh wellington more details
5927 james frederick william Eighth dunedin more details
9291 james charles robert Tenth levels more details
2483 james r v fifth collingwood more details
5932 james william henry Eighth clutha more details
5077 james william Eighth wellington more details
9585 jamieson george william Details auckland more details
6062 jarrett frederick Eighth southland more details
4066 jeffery william seventh wellington more details
5929 jeffery lawrence Eighth tuapeka more details
689 jeffreys c a third buller more details
9226 jeffreys charles alfred Tenth buller more details
2609 jeffries w r fifth christchurch more details
7915 jelly george Ninth dunedin suburb more details
6353 jenkins frederick Details waitotara more details
316 jenkins james arthur second wellington more details
4539 jenkins john seventh southland more details
4180 jenkins james seventh waitotara more details
9524 jenkins peter Tenth waikouaiti more details
5079 jenkins alexander Eighth wellington more details
53 jenks james First auckland more details
5802 jennings martin andrew Eighth marlborough more details
5928 jennings john Eighth dunedin more details
394 jennings william aubrey second wanganui more details
4246 jennings albert charles seventh waimea more details
3508 jensen august william sixth grey more details
9483 jenson harry Tenth waipawa more details
8707 jesser william thomas Tenth hobson more details
5715 jessop james simon Eighth waitaki more details
149 jewell claude lockhart first united kingdom more details
8137 jewiss frank Details waikouaiti more details
3460 jickell john sixth waimea more details
1157 jickell w fourth waimea more details
5039 jillett joseph Eighth hutt 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.