LUKIN, Dudley
| Service Number: | 116 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 October 1914, An original of A Squadron |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Beverley, Western Australia, Australia, 29 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Beverley, Beverley, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beverley District Honour Roll WW1, Beverley St Mary's Anglican Church Lynchgate, Beverley War Memorial, Guildford Grammar School War Memorial, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Men Who Laid Down Their Lives Honour Roll, Guildford War Memorial, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 116, 10th Light Horse Regiment, An original of A Squadron | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 116, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 116, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 116, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 116 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Dudley Lukin was the son of Henry Harbottle Lukin who an Australian farmer and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1899 until his death from measles in 1901 when Dudley was only nine years of age. His mother Rachel carried on the farm until one of her sons was old enough to take it over. She passed away in 1909 when Dudley was 18 years of age. Dudley had 11 brothers and sisters.
He was killed in action during the famous charge at the Nek at Gallipoli on the 7 August 1915. His two cousins, the Harper brothers of the same regiment were also killed in ithis action. The 10th Light Horse Regiment suffered 80 men killed in a few minutes during the charge at the Nek on this date.
Dudley’s younger brother 774 Cpl. Lionel Roy Lukin, 28th Battalion AIF, was later killed in action at Morlancourt in France 10 June 1918, aged 21. A third brother, 2631 Sergeant Guy Clifton Lukin D.C.M., 12th Battalion AIF, was awarded his medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Boursies, France on 9 April 1917.
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