In Memory Of
LUCAS, JOHN GORDON
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
6679
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-09-20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Frederick George Crabb and Maggie Gordon Lucas, of Durban, Natal. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Durban (West Street) Cemetery. Commemorated on Durban, Essenwood, Lucas House Memorial