Percy Flinders LUCAS MC

LUCAS, Percy Flinders

    Service Number: 1600
    Enlisted: 27 October 1914, Liverpool
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: St Johns Wood, Middlesex, England, 10 March 1887
    Home Town: Moss Vale, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Electrical Engineer
    Died: Natural causes, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 2 September 1960, aged 73 years
    Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
    Cremated, South Walls, Wall F, Position 73
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1600, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool
    12 May 1915: Involvement Corporal, 1600, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    12 May 1915: Embarked Corporal, 1600, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
    14 Aug 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion
    20 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1600, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    27 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
    1 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, No 2 Officers' Cadet Battalion
    2 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    19 Feb 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Warneton, Slight - remained on duty.
    4 Mar 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    2 Dec 1918: Honoured Military Cross, "The Last Hundred Days", At Morcourt Valley on 8 August 1918, during the advance of the 32nd Battalion, he displayed great bravery and set a fine example to all ranks. When guiding the Battalion, the first Company was thrown forward to fill a gap of 300 yards and to clear the wood in the valley - Lt Lucas took control of the left Platoons and by fine handling and great personal courage the wood was quickly surrounded and cleared woth more than 100 prisoners captured.
    16 Jun 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Ormonde, England for return to Australia - arriving Sydney 4 August 1919.
    26 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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