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LUCAS, Edgar Harold
| Service Number: | 3223 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 June 1915, Keswick Barracks, Keswick West Torrens, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Insurance Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 19 January 1970, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick Barracks, Keswick West Torrens, South Australia | |
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| 14 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3223, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3223, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 17 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3223, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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3223 Sergeant (Sgt) Edgar Harold Lucas, 10th Battalion, who was a 21 year old insurance clerk from Malvern, South Australia when he enlisted on 29 June 1915. He embarked for overseas as a Private with the 10th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 14 September 1915 aboard HMAT Ballarat and joined the 10th Battalion one month before they evacuated from Gallipoli.
He then went with them to the Western Front where he was wounded in action in France on 10 June 1916. His wounds were so severe that he was evacuated to England and then returned to Australia, arriving on 3 December 1916.
Sgt Lucas was discharged from the AIF medically unfit on 17 April 1917.
He joined the RSL and was resident at 3 Davenport Terrace Hazelwood Park.
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