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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
3631 matthews william sixth levels more details
0 matthews frank carle Ninth hutt more details
7069 mattson barndt henry Ninth auckland more details
1370 maud r fourth hawkes bay more details
5940 maude henry fairfax Eighth waitaki more details
8729 maunder george henry Tenth waipa more details
42 maunder thomas First waipa more details
2628 mauson j d p fifth selwyn more details
5169 maxwell william Eighth cook more details
5002 maxwell ken andrew Eighth stratford more details
8586 may william henry Tenth thames more details
5229 mayhew ambrose Eighth oroua more details
6082 mayne george henry Eighth southland more details
2389 mays j fifth auckland more details
3260 mazzolene nathaniel sixth auckland more details
5954 mcallister peter gray Eighth lake more details
5100 mcalpine angus Eighth wellington more details
6019 mcanally samuel Eighth wallace more details
9192 mcarley oliver Tenth ashburton more details
8777 mcarthur archibald Details wellington more details
1323 mcartney a fourth wellington more details
7797 mcartney henry Ninth ashburton more details
1656 mcauley d j fifth tuapeka more details
4554 mcauley david seventh peninsula more details
1109 mcauley r fourth wallace more details
1112 mcauley j j fourth southland more details
7941 mcbain alexander Ninth taieri more details
157 mcbeth arthur first marlborough more details
5952 mcbride robert Eighth vincent more details
6130 mcbride andrew lindsay Eighth waitaki more details
5949 mcbride john Eighth maniototo more details
532 mcbride andrew lindsay second waitaki more details
5504 mcburney stanley herbert Eighth waipa more details
5228 mcburney william Eighth cook more details
7328 mccabe francis Ninth cook more details
195 mccabe john first selwyn more details
5087 mccallum donald Eighth wellington more details
27 mccallum malcolm First wellington more details
3515 mccallum robert thomas sixth hawkes bay more details
8052 mccally charles samuel Ninth waimate 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.