Louis Lucas

Forenames

Louis AWMM

Surname

Lucas AWMM

Also known as

Henry Louis LUCAS

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Service number

WWI 6/2695 AWMM

Gender

• Male AWMM
• Male
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Birth

9 May 1872 Public Source

Date of birth

9th May 1872 or 1879

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Place of birth

St Nazaire, France

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Birth notes

Military records give 2 different years of birth. Newspaper reports him as 38 years old.

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Lyttelton Hotel, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Madame Lucas (mother), Saint Nazaire, France AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2695 AWMM

Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War medal
Victory medal

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Enlistment

WW1

Occupation before enlistment

Seaman for the Union Steam Ship Company

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 27 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Suffered Myalgia; influenza; rheumatic fever & rheumatism on active service

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Noted as a widower on enlistment for home service 27 March 1918

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Death

2 May 1918 Public Source

Date of death

2 May 1918

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Age at death

38

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Place of death

Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand

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Cause of death

Shock

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Death notes

Died at 6pm of shock, result of being run over by a tramcar on Lambton Quay on April 6th 1918

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Cemetery name

Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

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Obituary

• RETURNED SOLDIER'S DEATH
  RESULT OF A STREET ACCIDENT.
  The inquest concerning the death of Louis Lucas, who died at the Hospital on 2nd May following a street accident on 6th April, when he was knocked down and severely injured by a tramcar on Lambton quay, was opened yesterday afternoon and concluded this morning, Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., presiding. The deceased was a Frenchman, 38 years of age and a single man. He left New Zealand with the 6th Reinforcements, returning to that Dominion about eight months ago. The evidence of Motorman Reeves, who was driving the car, and onlookers, showed that the deceased, who appeared to be under the influence of liquor, was first noticed picking his hat, which had blown off, out of the gutter in front of Kirkcaldie and Stains, and some thirty yards ahead of the car. The deceased then made a rush to board the moving car, but was knocked down and pinned by the right leg (which was subsequently amputated) under the rear wheels of tho car. The Coroner returned a verdict that death was due to injuries received through a tramcar accident, adding that no blame was attachable to anyone.
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• MILITARY FUNERAL
  The body of Mr Louis Lucas, the returned soldier who died in Wellington Hospital on Thursday from injuries sustained in a tram accident on Lambton quay on 6th. April, was interred in Karori Cemetery this afternoon with military honours. Captain Vine represented the Defence Department. The cortege, which was headed by the Trentham Band, included a number of members of the Waterside Workers' Union, to which organisation deceased belonged. Chaplain Guinane, of Trentham Camp, conducted the funeral service.
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Related objects

External links

Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10920918
Further Reference

References

• The Magazine Of The Sixth Reinforcements NZEF : published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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