Luke Perham
I whānau mai i te 22 Aug 1877 - I mate atu i te 19 Aug 1900
- Nama Hōia
- South African 678 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Trooper AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 3rd Contingent (Rough Riders) AWMM
- Pakanga
- South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Luke AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Perham AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- South African 678 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 22 Aug 1877 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- South African Pre 02 Feb 1900 AWMM French Farm, Akaroa, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
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- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 17 Feb 1900 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- South African 678 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill clasps) AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- South Africa 02 Feb 1900 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
Dairy farmer/Civilian AWMM - Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- South Africa Vessel was Knight Templar AWMM Trooper AWMM 3rd Contingent, 5 Company AWMM 3rd Contingent AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- 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
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Trooper AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 3rd Contingent (Rough Riders) AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Luke and Theresa Perham.
Trooper Perham was killed by two expanding bullets during an attack led by General Mahon and Lieutenant Henry Bradbourne [also spelled Bradburne].
He is buried beside Lieutenant Bradbourne, at Bokfontein Farm, about 7 miles north-west of Commando Nek. His grave was marked by an iron cross with an engraved brass plate erected by members of 3rd NZ Contingent.
Diaries of Luke and Frank Perham housed at Queen Elizabeth II Army Museum, Waiouru.
Auckland War Memorial Museum South African War display 'Good Luck to Our Boys'. Display contains a photograph of Luke Perham.
Father was named Luke Perham. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 19 Aug 1900 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Bokfontein Farm (about 7 miles north-west of Commando Nek), South Africa AWMM
- Bokfontein Farm AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 24 August 1900, p. 5. AWMM
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- 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
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- 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
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- Ngā tuhinga
- 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
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