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DOUGLAS GEORGE LUCAS

Died : 04 Jun 1917

Rank : Private

Service no at death:

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Surname:	LUCAS
Forename:	DOUGLAS GEORGE
Initials:	D G
Date of Birth	18 Jun 1884
Place of Birth	Wimborne
Place of Birth Source	Army Service Record
Address	Newtown, Sixpenny Handley
Schools attended

Employment / trade	Hurdle maker; Woodman
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)	Parents - illegitimate son of Maria Lucas (1886-1935), who later married George Witherington Grandparents - Andrew and Mary Lucas
Spouse Name
Notes	Douglas left UK for Canada in April 1913 and arrived in Montreal on 8 May 1913.

Regiment at call-up	Canadian Infantry
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up	Private
Service no at call-up	675118
Date of attestation	10 Jan 1916
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to	Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
Source	Canadian Expeditionary Force Attestation

Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details	Sailed from Halifax, Canada on SS Lapland on 30 Oct 1916. Arrived in England 11 Nov 1916. Arrived in France 15 Feb 1917. May 1917 gun shot wound to the hand. Bullet shot away top finger which turned septic.
Other rank
Other service no
Service facts

Age at death	34
Date of death	04 Jun 1917
Regiment at death	Canadian Infantry
Battalion at death	2nd Bn.
Rank at death	Private
Circumstances of death	3 Jun 1917 Invalided to Bellhampton Hospital, Glasgow after gun shot wound. Operation in which ileum perforated and died of wounds 4 Jun 1917.
Service no at death
Field of action at death	Home
Place of death	Bellhampton Hospital, Glasgow

Location of grave	Sixpenny Handley churchyard
Position
Other memorials	Sixpenny Handley War Memorial
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