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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
1661 melvin d fifth dunedin suburb more details
3530 mence herbert sixth buller more details
8843 mends alfred james Tenth oroua more details
5369 menhennet samuel henry Eighth piako more details
2273 menli g fifth waitotara more details
8051 menzies james murray Ninth vincent more details
8577 menzies charles james Tenth auckland more details
8725 menzies hugh bruce Tenth whangarei more details
9072 mercer edward walter Details waimea more details
5811 meredith richard Eighth selwyn more details
7203 meredith ernest alfred Ninth waipa more details
1479 meredith r fourth waipa more details
7463 meredith john Ninth wellington more details
9302 meredith john thomas Tenth geraldine more details
6167 merrett william charles reliefs grey more details
4194 merritt ernest william seventh hawkes bay more details
9541 merry john buttle Tenth southland more details
1300 merson t fourth south wairarapa more details
7464 merson thomas Ninth south wairarapa more details
5094 messenger george lawton Eighth wellington more details
8050 messent david Ninth maniototo more details
9191 metcalfe septimus john Tenth oroua more details
7198 metcalfe herbert vivian Ninth otamatea more details
3520 metcalfe christopher james sixth australia more details
9667 metzger jos. arthur Details southland more details
154 mewburn joseph first auckland more details
9429 meyer john herman Tenth dunedin more details
5233 meyrick herbert Eighth hutt more details
8842 michell william Tenth ashley more details
2274 michie d fifth hutt more details
0 mickle Ninth not stated more details
3390 mickle ernest arthur gladstone sixth wellington more details
7329 middleton charles Ninth wairoa more details
2380 mikkelson a e fifth piako more details
7075 mikkelson william Ninth auckland suburb more details
0 miles philip charles Ninth christchurch more details
6165 miles william howard reliefs buller more details
9187 miles alfred james Tenth ashley more details
9137 miles richard george Tenth ashburton more details
3521 millar allen sixth stratford 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.