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LUCAS, Herbert Sammons
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | 13 March 1916 |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 1st Mobile Veterinary Section |
Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 1 November 1892 |
Home Town: | Ingleburn, Campbelltown Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Veterinary Surgeon |
Died: | Natural causes, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1963, aged 70 years |
Cemetery: |
St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Glebe Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
13 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Veterinary Officers | |
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23 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Veterinary Corps, HT Armadale, Sydney as veterinary surgeon for voyage - arriving Suez 23 April 1916. Returned to Australia arriving Sydney 10 June 1916. | |
24 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Veterinary Corps | |
29 Jul 1916: | Involvement Captain, 1st Veterinary Section, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
29 Jul 1916: | Embarked Captain, 1st Veterinary Section, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
7 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
11 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Mobile Veterinary Section | |
1 Nov 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Mobile Veterinary Section, HT Nestor, England for return to Australia - disembarking Melbourne 14 December 1919, then by rail to Sydney arriving 16 December 1919 | |
7 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Mobile Veterinary Section |
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