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LUCAS, Harry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX13752 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Windsor, England, 11 October 1919 |
| Home Town: | Bridgetown, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Natural causes, Albany, Western Australia, 19 September 2000, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia CY 1282 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 28 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX13752, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
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| 28 May 1941: | Enlisted Private, WX13752, Claremont, Western Australia | |
| 29 May 1941: | Involvement Private, WX13752 | |
| 12 Feb 1942: | Wounded Private, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, Wounded at Ulu Pandan, GSW (left thigh) | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Taken Prisoner by the Japanese during 'The Fall of Singapore' | |
| 17 May 1946: | Discharged Lance Corporal, WX13752, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 17 May 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX13752, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'WX13752, LUCAS Harry. ‘A’ Coy. Driver/mechanic. Selelcted in Singapore with ‘A’ Force Burma Green Force, No. 3 Battalion to work on the Burma-Thai Railway. From Tamarkan Camp Thailand, he was deemed fit and selected to go to Japan to work with ‘Awa Maru’ Party and worked at Fukuoka sub-Camp No. 17 Omuta, from where he was recovered at the end of the war.' LINK (2nd4thmgb.com.au)
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