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John Colin Lucas

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Headstone of 2nd Lieut John Colin LUCAS 19280. Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 45S394. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of 2nd Lieut John Colin LUCAS 19280. Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Blo …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Colin AWMM
  • Surname
    Lucas AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 19280 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM Municipal Chambers, Dunedin AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM Municipal Chambers, Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. D.M. Breeze, 10 Wills St., Ashburton (s) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. D.M. Breeze, 10 Wills St., Ashburton (s) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 19280 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 6, p.22 Council clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 6, p.22
      Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 6, p.22
    • WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.116 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.116
      Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.116
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 January 1969 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 60 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 45S, Plot 394 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.22 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.116 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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