Desmond Denis LUCAS

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Service Numbers:	V48192, VX102835
Enlisted:	31 May 1941, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 June 1921
Home Town:	Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Textile Worker
Died:	Killed in Action , New Guinea, 10 September 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot K. Row D. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "REQUIESCANT IN PACE... SADLY MISSED"
Memorials:

31 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V48192, 58th Infantry Battalion, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
25 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX102835, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX102835, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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