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LUKE, Raymond Pierce
(Service number 32352)

Aliases	Service number incorrectly indexedas 32322 on Archway
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	25/10/1892	Place of Birth	Gore

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	35 York Street, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs R, P. LUKE (wife), 34 Saint David Street, Dunedin
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	10th Reinforcements, 3rs Battalion, G Company
Date	15 November 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
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Discharge

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Death

Date	18 April 1948	Age	54 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 106, Plot 20
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Raymond Pierce Luke was the son of Gibson Pierce and Mary Luke. From at least 1914 Raymond Pierce Luke was residing at Timaru. In 1916 he married Mary McPherson Easton. Mary died in 1921. Raymond was married secondly in 1924 to Ethel May Sinclair of Temuka, by whom he had three children.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [09 December 2016]

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