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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
5225 lawson thomas Eighth taranaki more details
9349 lawson george Tenth mackenzie more details
8832 le comte john Tenth hutt more details
2616 le grange h c fifth ashburton more details
3624 le gros james philip sixth christchurch suburb more details
5085 le roi frank leopold Eighth ashley more details
1291 le sueur c a fourth wellington suburb more details
8975 le vaillant Tenth waipawa more details
8833 leach ernest Tenth ekatahuna more details
8837 leach william henry Tenth rangitikei more details
8977 lean henry edmond Tenth waitotara more details
1547 lean r e fourth hawkes bay more details
7322 lean richard edward alexander Ninth hawkes bay more details
9834 lear ernest Details dunedin more details
1648 lear e fifth dunedin suburb more details
9417 leask william Tenth ashley more details
3754 leckie james gun sixth dunedin suburb more details
4488 leckie alexander seventh dunedin suburb more details
1649 ledingham a fifth waitaki more details
4544 ledingham alexander robert seventh clutha more details
6202 lee william reliefs waitaki more details
6077 lee patrick Eighth southland more details
7194 lee jason Ninth bay of islands more details
4189 lee ernest albert seventh wellington more details
2331 leece g fifth auckland more details
3513 leech leonard frederick sixth taranaki more details
2268 leech e w h fifth hawera more details
2262 leech j d l fifth hawera more details
6074 leeden walter john Eighth taieri more details
4083 lees harry seventh auckland more details
4420 lees roger seventh christchurch more details
4419 legg thomas seventh christchurch more details
6123 lehrs peter edward william Eighth christchurch suburb more details
4248 leighton thomas seventh waimea more details
9481 leitch thomas douglas Tenth dunedin more details
2264 leitchfield h l fifth oroua more details
8045 leith john moore Ninth southland more details
8838 lenehan john ernest Tenth oroua more details
3247 lennard arthur ernest sixth manukau more details
5497 lennard alfred harold Eighth auckland suburb 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.