CHINDITS 1944 Lucas, John

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lucas ​

• FORENAME

John George Anderson​

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• UNIT

3 Bn 6th Gurkha Rifles (77 Ind.Bde) (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry,attached)​

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• RANK

Captain (A/Major)​

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• NUMBER
  193809

• AWARD

Military Cross,Mention in Despatches​

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• PLACE

Burma 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 25.4.1921 Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire​

educated Mayfield School,Sussex​

commissioned Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 15.7.1941​

seconded 3/6 Gurkha Rifles 1943-45​

WIA May 1944 Natyigon,Burma​

manager,JP Lucas and Co (family furnishing business) postwar​

married Barbara Thrasher 1952 (5 children)​

died 24.5.2013​

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