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Percival Cecil LUCAS

Regimental number2443
Place of birthBridgewater Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
AddressBridgewater, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Mr Charles Lucas, Bridgewater, Victoria
Enlistment date20 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateDied of disease 9 December 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialSt Lawrence Churchyard (Australian Section, Grave No 87), Cowley, Middlesex, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Sarah LUCAS, Bridgewater-on-Loddon, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1768 Pte Norman Cyril LUCAS, 57th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 May 1919; 1980 Pte Edward John LUCAS, 1st Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 21 March 1919; 13842 Driver Roy Leslie LUCAS, 2nd Division Train, returned to Australia, 18 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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