Luke Perham

Forenames

Luke AWMM

Surname

Perham AWMM

Service number

South African 678 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

22 Aug 1877 AWMM

Address before enlistment

South African Pre 02 Feb 1900 AWMM French Farm, Akaroa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Feb 1900 AWMM Single AWMM

War

South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

South African 678 AWMM

Medals and Awards

Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill clasps) AWMM

Enlistment

South Africa 02 Feb 1900 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM
Dairy farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

South Africa Vessel was Knight Templar AWMM Trooper AWMM 3rd Contingent, 5 Company AWMM 3rd Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  10 stone 8 pounds AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Trooper AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 3rd Contingent (Rough Riders) AWMM

Death

19 Aug 1900 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

• Bokfontein Farm (about 7 miles north-west of Commando Nek), South Africa AWMM
• Bokfontein Farm AWMM

Obituary

Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 24 August 1900, p. 5. AWMM

Memorial name

• Family grave memorial, Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch AWMM
• Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Akaroa War Memorial, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, South African War Memorial 1899 - 1902 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20522699
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Akaroa War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/akaroa-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Ranfurly Veterans' Home. Opening ceremony to-day. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 294, 10 December 1903, Page 5
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19031210.2.26&srpos
  Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
• Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
  Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, 1900. H - 6A, p. 8.
• Perham, F. (1959). The Kimberley Flying Column : being reminiscences of service in the South African War of 1899-1903. Timaru, N.Z.: Printers and Publishers.
  Perham, Frank (1959). pp. 16, 30, 87.
• The Veteran: official publication of the South African War Veterans' Association of New Zealand
  South African War Veteran's Association of New Zealand. The Veteran. vol 33, May, 1958, p. 38.
• The New Zealand Herald
  Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 24 August 1900, p. 5.
• Information kindly provided by family