List of New Zealand units in the Second Boer War
Contingents

List of New Zealand units in the Second Boer War

Section Title: Contingents
Table Section Text: None

Name	Departed	Strength	Commander	Notes

First Contingent	21 October 1899 from Wellington	215	Major Alfred William Robin

Second Contingent	20 January 1900 from Wellington	266	Major Montagu Cradock	Included a Hotchkiss machine gun detachment

Third Contingent	17 February 1900 from Lyttelton	262

Fourth Contingent	24 March 1900 from Port Chalmers 31 March 1900 from Lyttelton	462	Colonel Frederick Wyatt Francis (Canterbury) Major Joe Sommerville (North Island)	Divided into four Companies: 7th and 8th from the North Island, 9th and 10th from Otago and Southland

Fifth Contingent	31 March 1900 from Wellington and Lyttelton	591	Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Newall

Sixth Contingent	30 January 1901 from Auckland	602	Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Henry Banks

Seventh Contingent	6 April 1901 from Wellington	667	Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William Porter

Eighth Contingent	1 February 1902 from Auckland 8 February 1902 from Lyttelton	1120	Colonel Richard Hutton Davies	Divided into two regiments: North Island and South Island

Ninth Contingent	12 March 1902 from Port Chalmers 20 March 1902 from Auckland	1071	Divided into two regiments: North Island and South Island

Tenth Contingent	14 April 1902 from Wellington 19 April 1902 from Lyttelton	1251	Divided into two regiments: North Island and South Island

Sentence(s)

The 4th New Zealand Contingent was one of ten contingents of New Zealand during the Second Boer War.

final_sentence: The 4th New Zealand Contingent was one of ten contingents of New Zealand during the Second Boer War.