Kiro Luke Adam

Ingoa whānau
Adam
Ingoa tuatahi
Kiro Luke
Date of death
07 Oct 1917 {24 years old}
Place of death
YPRES

World War 1

Tau Rangatū
16/1007
Tūnga
Private
Wāhi noho
H. R. Bloomfield, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Whanaunga tino tata i te wā o te kuhunga
Manuel Luke (stepbrother), Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific Islands
Rōpū whakaeke
2nd Maori Contingent
Ope whakamutunga
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion
Ngā tuhinga

The following information was provided by researcher Brian Jordan, based on service records and other sources.

Date of birth:
1 June 1893

On enlistment:
Martial status: single
Occupation: gardener

War service information:
Service commenced: 1 July 1915
Reinforcements: 2nd
Embarked: 18 September 1915 on the Waitemata
Disembarked: 26 October 1915 at Suez
Served in France and Belgium.
Buried at the New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium (cemetery reference: V. A. 7.)

Decorations:
1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

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