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Full Name
Captain Frederick John Rockstrow
Rank Last Held
Captain
Forename(s)
Frederick John
Surname
Rockstrow
War
South African War, 1899-1902
Serial No.
100
Date of Birth
1868
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Farmer
Next of Kin
Mr F. Rockstrow, Awatuna, Taranaki, New Zealand
Embarkation Unit
First Contingent, No.1 Company
Embarkation Date
21 October 1899
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Vessel
Waiwera
Destination
Durban, South Africa
Campaigns
  • Relief of Kimberley
  • Paardeburg
  • Driefontein
  • Transvaal
Military Awards
Queen's South Africa Medal
Date of Death
11 August 1954
Age at Death
86
Year of Death
1954
Cemetery Name
Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand
Biographical Notes
  • Rockstrow was present with the baggage-guard from Middle Bosch in February 1900 at which point he was promoted to Sergeant. He was promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant when Berland was captured at Koornspruit. (Stowers, p.176)
  • Rockstrow returned to New Zealand aboard the S.S. 'Orient'. He was promotd to Captain and based at Defence Headquarters in Wellington.
  • He later became the editor of the 1 NZMR Association Bulletin.
Description of Image
Portrait
Further References
  • New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War.URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/the-south-african-boer-war/introduction
  • St Clair Inglis, A., 'Souvenir Album of the First New Zealand Contingent South African War', Auckland, 1902
  • Stowers, Richard, 'Kiwi Versus Boer: The First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902', Hamilton, 1992
Previous Military Experience
Hawera Mounted Rifles