Peter Luke

Forenames

Peter AWMM

Surname

Luke AWMM

Also known as

Pita Ruka

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Service number

WWI 16/807 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

July 1890

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Place of birth

Whakapara

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Birth notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Luke, of Whakapara, Whangarei

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whakapara, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

W. Luke (father), Whakapara, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/807 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Peter Luke was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Luke, of Whakapara, Whangarei, New Zealand; husband of Maud Edward Luke.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Luke Whakapara Whangarei (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

31 Jul 1917 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Place of death

• La Basse-Ville, Warneton
  Public - Dominique - Researcher - 23 March 2025 - D G J M Cooreman: La Basse-Ville 1917: NZ Voices from Flanders Fields, 2016
• La Basse-Ville, Warneton
  Public - Dominique - Researcher - 23 March 2025 - D G J M Cooreman: La Basse-Ville 1917: NZ Voices from Flanders Fields, 2016

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Death notes

• given the place of burial and timing of his death very likely he was killed during the battle of La Basse-Ville, the latter also being a hamlet of Warneton
  Public - Dominique - Researcher - 23 March 2025 - D G J M Cooreman: La Basseville 1917: NZ Voices from Flanders Fields, 2016
• given the place of burial and timing of his death very likely he was killed during the battle of La Basse-Ville, the latter also being a hamlet of Warneton
  Public - Dominique - Researcher - 23 March 2025 - D G J M Cooreman: La Basseville 1917: NZ Voices from Flanders Fields, 2016

Cemetery

Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM III. A. 31. AWMM

Memorial name

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/R10920998
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130665.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/106955/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/106955
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/8290
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 428
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.