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LUCAS, Henry Arthur
(Service number 24/2240)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	27/10/1888	Place of Birth	South Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	14 December 1915	Age	27
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Timber worker for Odlin Ltd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs J C Caulderwood (Mother), 2 Mudger's Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 5th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company
Date	4 January 1916
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion,

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egypt 1914 -15-16,Egypt Expeditionery Force 1916, Western Europe 1916
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	19 September 1916	Age	30
Place of Death	France
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Memorial Reference	II. B.20
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Henry and Julia Lucas of Peace St, Rotorua, New Zealand, Native of Waimate, New Zealand

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (May 2014)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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