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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
8734 martin henry Tenth cook more details
3400 martindale john sixth wellington more details
7675 martyn william Ninth christchurch suburb more details
4550 maskew gerald seventh waitaki more details
9670 mason william thomas Details dunedin suburb more details
9190 mason michael bertie Tenth ashburton more details
7978 mason george Ninth dunedin suburb more details
2504 mason w l fifth waimea more details
3259 mason ernest sixth puzzles more details
5371 mason colin Eighth waipawa more details
0 mason william john Eighth horowhenua more details
7719 mason frank Ninth dunedin more details
4197 mason charles henry seventh waikato more details
1660 mason f fifth vincent more details
7070 mason john walter Ninth whangarei more details
6078 mason william walter Eighth christchurch more details
1315 mason w j fourth horowhenua more details
6010 massey edward john Eighth waitaki more details
1662 massey e fifth waitaki more details
4085 masson george john seventh otamatea more details
8978 masters sydney Tenth hawkes bay more details
8620 mather james Tenth taranaki more details
7935 mather alfred Ninth christchurch suburb more details
9115 mather william Tenth christchurch suburb more details
1669 matheson j fifth southland more details
7666 matheson donald Ninth waitaki more details
1668 matheson a fifth waitaki more details
9536 matheson william Tenth southland more details
3262 matheson alister sixth tauranga more details
1058 mathewson w m fourth maniototo more details
5944 mathie william edward Eighth dunedin suburb more details
1153 mathie j a fourth dunedin more details
3766 mathieson lewis sixth taieri more details
8107 mathieson william Ninth dunedin more details
41 matson john First waipa more details
9068 matson james Details wellington more details
8631 matthews george Tenth hawera more details
1280 matthews s l fourth hutt more details
505 matthews henry second not stated more details
4130 matthews charles henry 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.