hello shirley
don,t think i,ll be much helpif at all but here goes
i,ve found a record for a passport application for an A HAROLD dated 26 july 1883 only prob now is the emigration records don,t start till 1890 , also looked for first boer war records and as far as i can make out there are no records availiable not till the second boer war then there are the eng national archives say that there are no significant records for first boer war just some reports from officers commanding and the usual political ramblings of politicians , hopefully someone will be along to put me right but that,s what i can make out of it , i did an army records search for A A Harold but nothing shows .
best wishes
trevor