Sydney "Syd" Maurice Lucas ( Eng. Sydney "Syd" Maurice Lucas ; September 21, 1900 , Leicester , UK - November 4, 2008 , Rosebad , Victoria , Australia ) [1] - 108-year-old British Australian long-liver, participant of both world wars. Together with soldiers like Harry Patch and Ned Hughes , he was one of the last few British Tommy to live in the 21st century .
| Sydney Maurice Lucas | |
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| English Sydney Maurice Lucas | |
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| Nickname | Sid |
| Date of Birth | September 21, 1900 |
| Place of Birth | Leicester , England , United Kingdom |
| Date of death | November 4, 2008 (108 years) |
| Place of death | Rosebud , Victoria , Australia |
| Affiliation |  Great Britain Australia |
| Type of army | infantry |
| Years of service | 1918, 1940–1941 |
| Rank | private |
| Part | Sherwood Foresters (45th regiment) 2 / 1st battalion of machine-gunners |
| Battles / Wars | World War I The Second World War |
Biography
A native of Leicester, he was enlisted in the British Army in the Sherwood Forest Regiment in August 1918 , but did not actually participate in the hostilities. Together with compatriots Claude Shulz , Bill Stone and Fernan Gu He was one of the last veterans of the First World War who participated in the Second World War .
In 1928, Lucas arrived in Australia, where he settled two more record-holder veterans of the First World War: Claude Schulz and John Campbell Ross (Lucas and Ross lived in Victoria). On June 13, 1940, Lucas volunteered for the 2nd Australian Imperial Forces, receiving a personal number VX26480 and a place in the 2 / 1st Australian machine-gun battalion [2] . He went to serve in Palestine, but due to appendicitis and the subsequent operation on the gall bladder , he eventually did not follow the unit and remained to guard the German and Italian prisoners of war on the Queen Mary liner [3] . Dismissed from the army on November 7, 1941 with the rank of private [4] .
He died at the 109th year of his life on November 4, 2008 , a week after the 90th anniversary of the end of the hostilities of the First World War.
See also
- The oldest veterans of the First World War
Notes
- ↑ World War I veteran dies aged 108 . BBC News (6 November 2008). The appeal date is January 6, 2010.
- ↑ WW2 Nominal Roll
- Tar Shtargot, Sasha Veteran of two armies to ride in a Chevy . The Age (April 21, 2005). The appeal date is May 30, 2007.
- ↑ Part of RecordSearch unavailable
Links
- BBC Obituary for Syd Lucas (English)