Informal outdoor portrait of N268232 Private Rufus Alexander Lucas who enlisted in 3 Battalion on ...

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Accession Number P00322.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Date made 1941-1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal outdoor portrait of N268232 Private Rufus Alexander Lucas who enlisted in 3 Battalion on 26 November 1941 and served in the Middle East and New Guinea (Owen Stanley Ranges and Kokoda Trail) in the Second World War. He was discharged on 14 October 1944. He was one of nine brothers from the Lucas family who enlisted from the Bega district. Many of the brothers had multiple enlistments and some enlisted together and served together for periods of time.