Horace Stanley LUCAS

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LUCAS, Horace Stanley

Service Number:	3816
Enlisted:	13 July 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Pleasant Street State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Ballarat
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Illabarook & Rokewood Junction War Memorial, Lake Wendouree Pleasant Street State School No 695 Roll of Honor, Rokewood Junction Pictorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3816, Depot Battalion (AIF)
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3816, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3816, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3816, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3816 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Elizabeth Young (formerly Lucas), of Rokewood Junction, Victoria, and the late Charles Seymour Lucas.

Mrs Lucas of Johnson street, Ballarat was officially notified by the Defence Department yesterday that her eldest son Lance H S Lucas had been wounded in France and that he has been missing since 19th July. L-Sergt Lucas enlisted at Ballarat in July last year and left on 23rd November last for Egypt. After spending some time in the desert in Egypt he was transferred to France as a member of the 59th Battalion. He is in his 22nd year.

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