People
Photos
Purpose
Advertisement
Advertisement
  2. People
  3. Surname Directory
  4. P
  5. Plietchwait - Pobudinsky
  6. Pluke
  7. William James Pluke
A photo of William James Pluke
Add photo

William James Pluke 1896 - 1950

William James Pluke of Preston Australia was born on December 8, 1896 at The Colony in Cape Town, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality County, WC South Africa to Frederick Drummond Pluke and Eliza Ann Hunt Pluke. William Pluke died at age 54 years old in 1950 in Preston Australia.

William James Pluke
William James Plucke
Name
Update name details
Preston Australia
Last residence
Update residence details
December 8, 1896
The Colony in Cape Town, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality County, WC, 8001, South Africa
Birth
Update birth details
1950
Preston, Australia
Death
Update death details
Male
Looking for someone else
Updated: October 4, 2022
Biography ID: 144213130 What's this
William James Pluke William Pluke (1896 - 1950)
ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM
This page exists for YOU
and everyone who remembers William.
Share what you know,
even ask what you wish you knew.
Invite others to do the same,
but don't worry if you can't...
Someone, somewhere will find this page,
and we'll notify you when they do.

William James Pluke's History: 1896 - 1950

Uncover new discoveries and connections today by sharing about people & moments from yesterday.
- Discover how AncientFaces works.

  • Introduction

    William James Pluke is the child of Eliza and Frederick Drummond Pluke. He was born on December 8, 1896 in Capetown South Africa. He had two brothers. In 1930, he married Lilian I Boxal in Hurstville, New South Wales.
  • 12/8
    1896

    Birthday

    December 8, 1896
    Birthdate
    The Colony in Cape Town, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality County, WC 8001, South Africa
    Birthplace
    ADVERTISEMENT BY

  • Ethnicity & Family History

    He was Australian.

  • Nationality & Locations

    William was born, raised, and spent his life in Australia living in New South Wales, Capetown, and Hurstville.

  • Military Service

    H enlisted into the Australian Army and served from 1939-1948.
  • 1950

    Death

    1950
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Preston Australia
    Death location
    ADVERTISEMENT BY
  • share
    Memories
    below
Advertisement
Advertisement

Add Memories, Stories & Photos about William

- See how biographies work.
Be the 1st to share and we'll let you know when others do the same.
Did you know?
In 1896, in the year that William James Pluke was born, in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.
Did you know?
In 1901, at the age of merely 5 years old, William was alive when the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM
Advertisement

William Pluke's Family Tree & Friends

Advertisement
Advertisement
Friendships

William's Friends

Friends of William Friends can be as close as family. Add William's family friends, and his friends from childhood through adulthood.
Advertisement
Advertisement
1 Follower & Sources

Connect with others who remember William Pluke to share and discover more memories. People who have contributed to this page are listed below and in the Biography History of changes. Sign in to to view changes.

ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM
Advertisement
Other Biographies

Other Pluke Family Biographies

Pluke, Elvira (Sep 18, 1920 - Dec 8, 2006) Pluke, Nolan (Dec 31, 1917 - Mar 14, 2002) Pluke, Andrew (Oct 27, 1890 - Jul 1986)
Pluke, Frederick Pluke, Eliza Ann
Advertisement
Advertisement
Show more
  2. People
  3. Surname Directory
  4. P
  5. Plietchwait - Pobudinsky
  6. Pluke
  7. William James Pluke
Back to Top
Advertisement
Advertisement