Henry Tuke

Forenames

Henry AWMM

Surname

Tuke AWMM

Also known as

Henry Tuke AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/940 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whitianga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Gwendoline Tuke (wife), Te Kauwhata, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/940 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Farmer on the Whenuakite River

Public - wendy - 23 April 2015 - family oral history. My great uncle married Henry Tukes' widow & I was raised on the farm that came into the family via Aunty Gwendy (Henry's widow)

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM C Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion AWMM

Henry Tuke was the husband of Gwendoline Hare (formerly Tuke), of 246 Remuera Rd., Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs G. Hare, 246 Remuera Rd, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

16 Jul 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
• Mercury Bay World War One Memorial AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22013988
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738910/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738910
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 736
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 30 - The Periscope : unofficial mouthpiece of the 1st Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) and Divisional Ammunition Column -- At sea : Officers & men of the Reinforcement : 1915