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PECK, John Wesley
(Service number 52647)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank

Birth

Date 27 June 1882 Place of Birth Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Bush Road, Waimate
Occupation Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Matthew Bridgeman PECK (father), C/o H. Hayman, Willowbridge, South Canterbury; later Mrs A. D. PECK (wife), C/o Mrs T. Gower, Chattens, Cambs
Religion Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Reinforcements G Company (part)
Date 12 June 1917
Transport Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 30 August 1965 Age 83 years
Place of Death Waimate
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Waimate Old Cemetery
Memorial Reference Methodist Area, Plot 96
New Zealand Memorials Willowbridge & Studholme District Roll of Honour

Biographical Notes

John Wesley Peck, born on 27 June 1882 at Waimate, was the third son of Matthew Bridgeman and Martha (née Stuffins) Peck. When John enlisted, he was a farmer at Bush Road, Waimate, while his father was at Willowbridge. His mother had died in 1911. Rifleman J. W. Peck embarked on 12 June 1917 wit the New Zealand Rifle Brigade

J. W. Peck, 52647, Waimate, was listed in the nominal roll of troops returninig from England by the “Corinthic” (Draft 396) which was expected at Wellington on 22 September 1919. John was bringing home his new wife – Ada Dorothy Barker, whom he had married in 1919 in Cambridgeshire, England. Sadly Ada was to die in 1927. John died in 1965 and was buried with Ada in the Waimate Cemetery.

The name of J. Peck is inscribed on the Willowbridge and Studholme District First World War Roll of Honour. The name of C. Peck is also inscribed there – perhaps G. Peck, John’s brother George? Two of John’s brothers also served in World War One – George Albain Peck and Albert Edward Peck.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 November 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 November 2020]; Waimate Cemetery burial record [15 July 2021]; NZ Times, 2 September 1919, Timaru Herald, 4 June 1927 (Papers Past) [16 July 2021]

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