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Cecil Rodwell LUCAS

Date of birth4 June 1887
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBarrister at law
Address21 Giersbone Street, Waverley, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Edgar Lucas, 21 Giersbone Street, Waverley, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name17th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollMajor
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
Promotions

Major


Unit: 56th Battalion
Promotion date: 1 April 1917

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Not awarded.
Recommendation date: 5 October 1916

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30107, 1 June 1917; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169, 4 October 1917.
Recommendation date: 3 March 1917

FateReturned to Australia 23 June 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Date of death3 April 1962
Age at death74
Place of burialNarooma General Cemetery, New South Wales

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