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LUCK, William Henry
(Service number 10/3941)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	3/1181888	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	15 November 1915	Age	27
Address at Enlistment	Awakino
Occupation	Labourer, Public Works Awakino
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	J Luck (Father), Willowbridge, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	10th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Date	3 April 1916
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalaion

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egypt 1916, Egypt Expeditionary Force 1916, Western Europe 1916
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	31 August 1916	Age	28
Place of Death	United Kingdom to France
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery, London, England
Memorial Reference	213. NZ Plot 7
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of John Henry and Annie Luck of Willowbridge, South Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (May 2014)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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