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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
7187 johns douglas Ninth rangitikei more details
7390 johns ernest newton Ninth hawera more details
8710 johns richard walter Tenth manukau more details
3244 johns john walter sixth manukau more details
4067 johnson william seventh wellington more details
7452 johnson albert sven Ninth waimea more details
1502 johnson m fourth grey more details
5495 johnson george richardson Eighth coromandel more details
3688 johnson charles sixth wellington suburb more details
7316 johnson norman Ninth rangitikei more details
9365 johnson herbert Tenth waitaki more details
5078 johnson george alexander Eighth wellington more details
3379 johnson walter sixth wellington more details
5803 johnson alfred charles Eighth buller more details
3507 johnson leonard alonzo sixth waipawa more details
8572 johnston alfred charles Tenth piako more details
5930 johnston william aitken Eighth dunedin more details
9178 johnston david Tenth ashburton more details
5925 johnston william aitken Eighth dunedin suburb more details
4307 johnston charles augustus seventh christchurch more details
9655 johnston robert Details dunedin suburb more details
0 johnston george robert First not stated more details
9818 johnston robert Details cook more details
5221 johnston frederick Eighth wellington more details
2565 johnston r fifth ashley more details
6199 johnston arthur james reliefs christchurch more details
5080 johnston albert kenmore Eighth waipa more details
0 johnston g f fourth wellington more details
8522 johnston daniel Tenth waikouaiti more details
5991 johnston charles frederick Eighth wellington suburb more details
0 johnston george robert seventh waitotara more details
1526 johnston j e fourth hawkes bay more details
8569 johnston william Tenth waitemata more details
1556 johnston o g fourth manawatu more details
151 johnston walter first clutha more details
150 johnston daniel first waitaki more details
9236 johnston ernest victor Tenth waimea more details
5296 johnston john edward Eighth waimea more details
9063 johnston gordon Tenth cook more details
7653 johnstone arthur Ninth selwyn 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.