Joseph Lucas
Born 14 May 1892 - Died 8 Dec 1918
- Service number
- WWI 16/276 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- CorporalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Joseph AWMM
- Surname
- Lucas AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 16/276 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 14 May 1892 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 14 May 1892Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Westport, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of Charles “Tare Ruka Hohepa” & Wikitoria Ruka LUCASPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 February 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145538816/joseph_lucas
- Son of Mrs. Wikitora Lucas of Buller Bridge, Westport, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Son of Charles “Tare Ruka Hohepa” & Wikitoria Ruka LUCAS
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Buller Bridge, Westport, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Wiki Toria, Buller Bridge, Westport, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian - GallipoliPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Service number
- WWI 16/276 AWMM
- Military service
- 1914-1918Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 618743Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Machinist/Civilian AWMM
- 21 Sept 1914 at Westport
19 Sept 1917 at WellingtonPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Miltiary record
- Age on enlistment
- 22yr 8mths & 26yrs 4thsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Miltiary record
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- 1915 wounded at ANZAC, invalided home Sept 1915Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Mrs. Wikitora Lucas, of Buller Bridge, Westport, West Coast. Served in Egypt, 1915, and at Gallipoli. AWMM
- Oct 1915 - Private Joseph Lucas writes under date August l5th, from hospital in Egypt, to his mother, Mrs Lucas, Buller Bridge.—"The wound in my hand is the worst. I only got bit of a scratch in the shoulder. It won't be long before I am all right again. When I left there were seven of us wounded and two shot dead in our machine gun section—our officer and lance corporal were the ones that were killed. The officer was only in charge 21 hours before he was shot. He was of the Auckland regiment. I was the last one on the gun that day, and it was great fun to see the Turks running and falling. I think I shot a good many. I saw a lot of Turks behind some trees and put the gun on to them, and saw them go down, but I never saw them get up again. Our boys are doing some good fighting. They go into it as if it was their everyday work."Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13905, 11 October 1915, Page 4
About death
- Death
- 8 Dec 1918 AWMM
Age 28 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
- Wellington Hospital, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Cause of death
- Pleuisy & PneumoniaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Death notes
- Died after being discharged of Pleuisy & PneumoniaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Cemetery
- Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM D13 (S) AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
- Record No. 88802Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Cemetery Record
- Obituary
- LUCAS.—In loving memory of Corporal Joseph Lucas, who died at the Returned Soldiers' Hostel, Wellington, on the 8th December, 1918.
Oh, Joseph dear, we miss you here From the home you loved so well; We pray that God has found you rest, With the angels of the blest.
- Inserted by his loving mother, sisters, and brothers.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 April 2024 - IN MEMORIAM.
EVENING POST, VOLUME XCVIII, ISSUE 137, 8 DECEMBER 1919, PAGE 1 - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10920917
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130865.html
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643885/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643885
Further Reference - "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
Sources Used - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 428 - New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 4: Includes portrait - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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