Unit: INF18
Promotion date: 24 February 1916

Unit: INF18
Promotion date: 16 June 1916

'For excellent work and devotion to duty at all times as Signal Officer especially during operations on the Somme.'
Recommendation date: 18 September 1916

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

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on the Hindenburg Line in laying new cable lines under heavy shell fire.'
Recommendation date: 12 May 1917

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion. When all forward lines, including buried cable, had gone, he went forward to test, and with great skill and courage laid new lines under continual heavy shelling.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917

Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No 169
Date: 4 October 1917

Regimental number	25
Date of birth	6 November 1894
Place of birth	Townsville, Queensland
Religion	Church of England
Occupation	Journalist
Address	Towers Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	20
Next of kin	Father, Robert Lucas, Towers Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Enlistment date	10 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll	9 March 1915
Rank on enlistment	Sergeant
Unit name	18th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number	23/35/1
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll	Commissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll	Captain
Unit from Nominal Roll	2nd Divisional Signal Company
Promotions	2nd Lieutenant Unit: INF18 Promotion date: 24 February 1916 Lieutenant Unit: INF18 Promotion date: 16 June 1916
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)	Military Cross 'For excellent work and devotion to duty at all times as Signal Officer especially during operations on the Somme.' Recommendation date: 18 September 1916 Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30107, 1 June 1917; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169, 4 October 1917. Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on the Hindenburg Line in laying new cable lines under heavy shell fire.' Recommendation date: 12 May 1917
Fate	Returned to Australia
Medals	Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion. When all forward lines, including buried cable, had gone, he went forward to test, and with great skill and courage laid new lines under continual heavy shelling.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189 Date: 8 November 1917 Mention in Despatches Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No 169 Date: 4 October 1917
Discharge date	14 March 1920
Other details	War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 22 August 1915 (gun shot wound, left arm). Wounded in action (second occasion), Belgium, 5 November 1917 (shell wounds, left leg and feet). Married Williamina SHIELDS, spinster, St John's Parish Church, Glasgow, 28 March 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Wahehe', 30 October 1919; appointment terminated (discharged), 14 March 1920. Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Also served in World War II: Service No DX200. Enlisted Darwin, 2 April 1940; discharged, 17 December 1945, as Colonel, Headquarters, 6th Division; awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Miscellaneous details	Second given name incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Cutherbert.
Date of death	3 September 1978
Age at death	83
Sources	NAA: B2455, LUCAS Leonard Cuthbert

Leonard Cuthbert LUCAS