LUCAS, Conrad Martin
| Service Number: | 9906 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 March 1916, Enlisted at Roseberry Park, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Warren, New South Wales, Australia, October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Lineman |
| Died: | Acute Lombar Pneumonia, 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 18 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Row C, Grave 3560 Headstone inscription: His death hath left a vacant space that none on earth can replace |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonamble Municipality and Wingadee Shire HR, Sydney NSW Post Master General's Department Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 9906, Enlisted at Roseberry Park, NSW | |
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| 5 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 9906, 9th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 9906, 9th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ajana, Sydney | |
| 2 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Field Company Engineers, In the field | |
| 18 Mar 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 9906, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 9906 awm_unit: 2nd Cadet Battalion Australian Infantry awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-03-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Martin and Jane Lucas of 38 Hopetown Street, Paddington, NSW; previously of 47 Regent Street, Paddington, NSW. Brother of Bertha Eileen Lucas
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 18th March…… Conrad Martin Lucas was born in 1890 at Gongolgon, near Warren, NSW.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 20th March, 1916 as a 25 year old, single, Lineman from 47 Regent Street, Paddington, NSW.
Sapper Conrad Martin Lucas, Service number 9906, embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Ajana (A31) on 5th July, 1916 with the 9th Field Company Engineers & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 31st August, 1916.
On 22nd November, 1916 Sapper Lucas proceeded overseas to France.
He reported sick on 4th January, 1917 & was admitted to 11th Australian Field Ambulance with Scabies then transferred & admitted to Casualty Clearing Station on the same day. Sapper Lucas was transferred & admitted to No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station on 3rd January, 1917(date as recorded on Casualty Form – Active Service) then transferred to 50th Casualty Clearing Station on 4th January, 1917. He was transferred to Divisional Rest Station on 16th January, 1917 & discharged to duty on 6th February, 1917.
Sapper Lucas reported sick on 28th March, 1917 & was admitted to 11th Australian Field Ambulance on 28th March, 1917 with a Corneal Ulcer. Sapper Lucas was transferred the same day to N. M. Casualty Clearing Station. He was transferred to No. 10 Ambulance Train on 30th March, 1917 then admitted to 13th Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, France on 31st March, 1917 with a corneal ulcer.
On 11th April, 1917 Sapper Lucas was marched in to No. 1 Convalescent Depot at Boulogne, France then discharged to Base Depot unfit on 12th April, 1917. Sapper Lucas was marched in to A.G.B.D. (Australian General Base Depot) at Etaples, France on 15th April, 1917 from Base Depot.
He rejoined his Unit (9th Field Company Engineers) on 10th May, 1917 as supernumerary. He was taken on strength of 9th Field Company Engineers from supernumerary List on 17th May, 1917.
Sapper Conrad Martin Lucas was appointed Lance Corporal on 2nd July, 1917.
From 11th September, 1917 Lance Corporal Lucas was detached to 36th Battalion for duty.
He was promoted to Temporary 2nd Corporal on 28th September, 1917, vice Harrison promoted to T/Cpl.
Temporary 2nd Corporal Lucas reverted to substantiative rank of Lance Corporal on 22nd November, 1917.
On 13th January, 1918 Lance Corporal Lucas was detached to Australian Corps School at Aveluy for duty.
He was selected to attend Infantry Cadet Battalion. Lance Corporal Lucas joined Infantry Cadet School in England & Australia Corps School on 19th February, 1918.
Lance Corporal Lucas was on command at No. 2 Officers’ Cadet Battalion at Cambridge, England on 8th March, 1918 & was appointed Cadet.
On 11th March, 1918 Cadet Lucas was sent sick to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
Cadet Conrad Martin Lucas died at 3.10 am on 18th March, 1918 at 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
A Post Mortem was held on 19th March, 1918 by Captain W. Malden, Pathologist. “Well made muscular man; no signs of external violence. Thorax – Right lung slightly oedematous otherwise healthy. Left Lung all upper lobe & greater part of lower acute consolidatist (red hipatisation) some lymph on surface & between lobes. Heart – Some excess of pericardial fluid, heart large. Left ventricular wall hypertrophied. Some A. M. clot both sides mitral valves old fibrous nodules on edges, shortening of chords. Stenosis of valve admitting only a finger. Abdomen – Liver rather large. Kidneys both enlarged, engorged with blood, otherwise healthy. Spleen rather large, two small fibrous nodules on surface, triangular in shape. Other organs normal.” Cause of Death - Acute Lobar Pneumonia & Mitral Stenosis.
He was buried in Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England where 22 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
Newspaper item – Cambridge Daily News, Cambridge, England – 22 March, 1918:
FUNERAL OF A CADET
Dies in Cambridge After Service in Gallipoli and France
The funeral of Cadet Conrad Martin Lucas, of D Co., No. 2 Officer Cadet Battalion, an Australian, who died at the 1st Eastern General Hospital on Monday, took place with full military honours at the Borough Cemetery yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. Cadet Lucas left Australia with the Australian Expeditionary Force in 1914, and saw service in Gallipoli and France. He came to Cambridge on the 8th of this month to train for a commission. The cause of death was pneumonia……
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
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