Topic: BW - NZ
Boer War, 1899 - 1902
New Zealand
1st New Zealand Contingent
SS “Waiwera” embarking from Wellington on the 21 October 1899.
[Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, Reference: PA1-q-329-14 ]
The following Nominal Roll is extracted from the Appendix to the New Zealand Journal of the House of Representatives. The record of the ten contingents of New Zealand's soldiers in the Boer War are listed in the Appendix to the New Zealand Journal of the House of Representatives for the years 1900, 1901, and 1902.
The 1st New Zealand Contingent was known as the "1st New Zealand Mounted Rifles", embarked from Wellington on the SS “Waiwera”, 21 October 1899.
1st New Zealand Contingent
113 Private James AIKEN
112 Private George ARNOLD
81 Private Bertam Richard AVERY
Lieutenant Edwin BARTLETT
36 Private Arthur Leigh La Boste BARTROP
18 Private John Anderson BARTY
67 Private Arthur Frederick BATCHELOR
101 Quartermaster-sergeant Prosper Raine BERLAND
117 Private William BLACK
28 Private John BLAIR
74 Private Charles BLENKHORN
12 Corporal Donald William BODLE
6 Sergeant Henry Purser John BOND
116 Private Harold Joseph BOOTH
9 Corporal Charles William H BOULD
62 Private Sydney BOWCHER
20 Farrier Andrew James BOWIE
16 Bugler William Alexander BOWIE
44 Farrier George Roland BRADFORD
83 Private James Henry Alexander BROCK
15 Bugler Thomas Watson BROWN
115 Private William BUNTEN
Surgeon Thomas BURNS
3 Colour-sergeant William Thomas BURR
114 Private Henry BURROUGHS
23 Private Harry Francis BUTLER
191 Private Archibald BUTTERS
203 Private William BYRNE
121 Private John CABOT
54 Private Walter CALLOWAY
26 Private Hector CAMERON
Lieutenant William Scott CANAVAN
102 Colour-sergeant Digby Edward CARDALE
55 Private Theodore CASEY
118 Private Joseph CATHERALL
Lieutenant Darcy CHAYTOR
68 Private James William CLEVELY
22 Private Alfred Horace COFFEY
119 Private John CONNELL
112 Private John Godfrey COOK
123 Private Mark COSSAR
96 Private Henry Donald COUTTS
25 Private James CRAIG
24 Private Robert William CRAWLEY
21 Farrier Arthur CROMIE
120 Private Patrick CROWE
125 Private Reynold CRUMP
124 Private Joseph CULLING
84 Private John Nathaniel CUMMINS
48 Private Nathaniel CURTIN
Captain Richard Hutton DAVIES
58 Private Roger DAWSON
126 Private William DICK
127 Private Harold Lissaman DICKINSON
193 Private Alfred DOUGLAS
65 Private Charles Alfred EDWARDS
129 Private Mark EDWARDS
131 Private Benjamin ELLIS
128 Private Percy Tivy EMERSON
89 Private Charles Henry ENDERBY
130 Private Edmund George ENSOR
133 Private James Vincent FAHERY
136 Private Colin Herbert FLAVELL
197 Private Alfred George FORDHAM
135 Private Henry FORSYTHE
109 Corporal Trevor Hugh FOSTER
111 Bugler Frederick Alfred FOX
200 Private William FRANKLIN
134 Private Daniel FRASER
132 Private Ernest FREETH
87 Private Edgar Richard Richard GALPIN
43 Private Gilbert Henry GANE
85 Private Thomas Joseph Holte GAUDIN
137 Private Joseph Louis GESTRO
201 Private Grant GLASGOW
88 Private Joe GOBLE
70 Private Keith GORRIE
104 Sergeant Samuel Walker GOURLEY
108 Corporal William GRANT
103 Sergeant Ernest GWATKIN
140 Private Albert James HAHU
192 Private Henry John HAMILTON
90 Private Charles HANSON
198 Private Francis HARDING
40 Private William HARRIS
5 Sergeant Edwin HARROWELL
147 Private Henry HASELAR
144 Private Alexander James HASTIE
138 Private Edward Arthur HAWKINS
105 Sergeant Edgar HAZLETT
139 Private John Davis HEAN
60 Private Alfred Ernest HEDGES
145 Private George Lewis HEENAN
142 Private Edward HODGEN
14 Corporal John Martin HOGG
141 Private Thornton Charles Littlewood HOLROYD
10 Corporal James Alexander HORNE
45 Private Percy Richard HUBBARD
148 Private John Gethin HUGHES
146 Private Philip Norman HUNT
143 Private John Henry HURFORD
53 Private James JENKS
149 Private Claude Lockhart JEWELL
Lieutenant George Robert JOHNSTON
151 Private Walter JOHNSTON
150 Private Daniel JOHNSTON
152 Private Selwyn JOYCE
32 Private George Kells KELLS
49 Private Matthew Bruce KIRKBRIDE
110 Private Endo Walter L'ESTRANGE
59 Private Charles Montague LEWIN
Lieutenant Michael Egan LINDSAY
93 Private Ernest Barnett LOCKETT
156 Private William Brodie MACPHERSON
Captain William R N MADOCKS
7 Sergeant William Edward MAHOOD
97 Private George Herbert MANN
41 Private John MATSON
42 Private Thomas MAUNDER
157 Private Arthur MCBETH
195 Private John MCCABE
27 Private Malcolm MCCALLUM
69 Private James Thomas MCCAULEY
153 Private John MCCONWAY
162 Private John MCDONALD
11 Corporal Norman MCDONALD
76 Private Robert John MCDONALD
161 Private Amos MCKEGG
57 Private Charles Edward MCLEAN
155 Private William MCPHERSON
154 Private Joseph MEWBURN
77 Private George Ralph MILLER
106 Farrier-sergeant John MILLER
160 Private George MITCHELL
75 Private James MITCHELL
47 Private John MONTGOMERIE
158 Private Edward Wilmot MOORE
8 Sergeant William Arthur MORGAN
159 Private Francis Edward MORRISON
37 Private Wilson Cameron MORRISON
107 Corporal John MUIR
30 Private William MUIR
61 Private John MUNRO
165 Private James Walker NAIRN
Veterinary-surgeon Charles Raymond NEALE
Lieutenant Arthur Cormack NEAVE
163 Private Alfred NEWDICK
79 Private Charles NEWMAN
39 Private Edwin Hotspur NOPPS
164 Private Sidney NORTHE
166 Private Henry Scott ORBELL
167 Private Francis O'SHEA
171 Private Edwin Henry PALMER
33 Private Sidney Robert PALMER
17 Private William James PARKES
31 Private John Macintosh PATTERSON
168 Private Ambrose Charles PAWSON
34 Private George Meares PAYNE
199 Private James William PEEBLES
170 Private John PEPPER
98 Private William PITT
52 Private Francis Richard POPE
92 Private George POWELL
13 Corporal Frederick Gordon PRICE
169 Private David William PROSSER
63 Private John James RAYNES
172 Private William RENTON
94 Private William Oliver RIDDELL
Major Alfred William ROBIN
100 Private Frederick ROCKSTROW
1 Sergeant-major Charles Phillip ROGERS
202 Private Hugh ROSS
82 Private Dennis Joseph RYAN
180 Private William Alfred SAUNDERS
178 Private John Cassils SEELYE
56 Private Frederick Thomas SHAW
173 Private William Henry SHEPPARD
86 Private Ernest James Ralph SMITH
176 Private Hugh SMITH
73 Private William Henry SMITH
181 Private Harold SMITH
175 Private George SMYTH
51 Private Samuel STEELE
174 Private John Francis STRANGE
177 Private Henry SUTHERLAND
179 Private Langford Park SYMES
71 Private Leonard Matthews TARRANT
182 Private Stephen TASKER
35 Private Arthur Reginald TAYLOR
185 Private James TAYLOR
195 Private Thomas TAYLOR
46 Private John William TETLEY
29 Private James THORPE
99 Private Edward Traherne TOWGOOD
184 Private John TOWNSEND
183 Private William TUBMAN
2 Sergeant Sydney Howard TUCK
38 Private Henry Whipps VALENTINE
191 Private David Hannibal WALDIE
64 Private James WALKER
19 Private Robert WALLACE
50 Private William Fletcher WALLIS
4 Sergeant Phillip Benjamin WATTS
95 Private James Henry WHYTE
78 Private Arthur Albert Cason WIFFIN
186 Private Alexander Herbert WILKIE
188 Private James Thornton WILSON
190 Private Wilfred WILSON
72 Private Arthur James WITHERS
187 Private Ferdinand August WOOD
66 Private Cecil WOOFINDIN
189 Private Henry Frederick WRIGHT
91 Private John WYLLIE
80 Private Rowland Spencer YOUNG
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Further Reading:
Boer War - New Zealand, Roll of Honour
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: Boer War - New Zealand, 1st New Zealand Contingent
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