Wilfred Joseph LUKEMAN MM

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LUKEMAN, Wilfred Joseph

Service Number:	240
Enlisted:	25 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yass, New South Wales, Australia, January 1886
Home Town:	Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 17
Memorials:	Annandale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

25 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 240, 34th Infantry Battalion
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 240, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 240, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
5 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 240, 34th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW to neck and back
4 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion
12 Dec 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For bravery and great devotion to duty at Strazeele on 18 April 1918. Carrying wounded under heavy shell and rifle fire. Commonwealth Gazette: 12 December 1918 on page 2350 at position 47

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James and Marie Lukeman, of 270, Johnston St., Annandale, New South Wales

Awarded Military Medal

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