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Record #23551
Name :
: Harry LUCAS (1919 - )


Father
: Frank LUCAS
Mother
: Alice WELFORD
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 11 Oct 1919   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids; WWII record

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
:
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Staines

Dec qtr, 3a 33, mmn WELFORD
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Mar 1928
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Benalla

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesOn 9th February 1928, Harry Lucas, 8, departed for Australia on board SS Benalla, his previous address was given as The Child Emigration Society, Savoy House, Strand, W C 2. He was placed at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

He served in WWII (Source: NAA RecordSearch):
LUCAS HARRY : Service Number - WX13752 : Date of birth - 11 Oct 1919 : Place of birth - WINDSOR ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - CLAREMONT WA : Next of Kin - LUCAS FRANK (brother, of Windsor England)

He was a POW in Thailand during the war. 
ContributorsCreated : 2014-01-18 05:03:04 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
11644 LUCAS, Alfred1889ENG,     May 1902 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
22302 LUCAS, Alfred1889ENG,     May 1902 : Dominion CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
27517 LUCAS, Annie1860 Aug 1872 : Sarmatian CAN Macpherson Homes  
2795 LUCAS, Arthur1856ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
25760 LUCAS, Benjamin1896ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
7506 LUCAS, Christina1860ENG,     Nov 1869 : Hibernian CAN Maria Rye  
11274 LUCAS, Edward1889ENG,     Apr 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
14533 LUCAS, Eileen1911ENG,     Oct 1927 : Montclare CAN Crusade of Rescue  
2799 LUCAS, Elizabeth1858ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
23143 LUCAS, Ernest1897ENG,     Sep 1911 : Victorian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
23551 LUCAS, Harry1919ENG, MDX, Staines Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12162 LUCAS, Jean Jessica1921ENG, KEN, Tonbridge May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23245 LUCAS, John N.1894ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
11086 LUCAS, John Noble1894ENG, MDX, London May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
4987 LUCAS, Martha1909ENG, LDN, London Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
6485 LUCAS, Mildred1902ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos