James Herbert LUKE

Regimental number65628
OccupationFarm manager
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Luke, Lepperton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 33rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 99 Athenic on 31 December 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 26 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialEuston Road Cemetery (Plot II, Row N, Grave No 8), Colincamps, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ellen Luke, Vogeltown, New Plymouth
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 76, p. 11