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LUCAS, Reuben Jeffreys Baldwin

Service Number:	325
Enlisted:	19 February 1916, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balwyn, Victoria, 22 May 1896
Home Town:	Rochester, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer (later Prison warder)
Died:	Natural causes (lung cancer/pneumonia), Heidelberg Repat Hospital, Victoria, 17 May 1974, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Location: FA-NLACP**63 - Buried in East Lawn in shared grave with his wife Lilian
Memorials:	Colbinabbin Roll of Honour WW1, Colbinabbin War Memorial, Corop State School No 1021 Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

19 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 325, Bendigo, Victoria
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 325, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 325, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
9 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 325, 38th Infantry Battalion

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