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Cenotaph Record
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Full Name
Joseph Lucas
Rank Last Held
Corporal
Forename(s)
Joseph
Surname
Lucas
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
16/276
First Known Rank
Corporal
Occupation before Enlistment
Machinist
Next of Kin
Wiki Toria, Buller Bridge, Westport, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Buller Bridge, Westport, New Zealand
Military District
Canterbury
Body on Embarkation
1st Maori Contingent
Embarkation Unit
A Company
Embarkation Date
14 February 1915
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 20
Vessel
Warrimoo
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
Vol1
Page on Nominal Roll
428
Last Unit Served
Pioneer Battalion
Place of Death
New Zealand
Date of Death
8 December 1918
Age at Death
28
Year of Death
1918
Cemetery Name
Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand
Grave Reference
D13 (S)
Biographical Notes
Son of Mrs. Wikitora Lucas, of Buller Bridge, Westport, West Coast. Served in Egypt, 1915, and at Gallipoli.
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
NZETC
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre Topic Page
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919