Lucas Cliff
| Type of person | Individual |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1918 |
| Place of birth | Nurse Greens Nursing home |
| Date of death | 2009 |
Clifford Lewis Lucas, known as Cliff, was born in 1918 at Nurse Green's Nursing Home on King Street, son of Frank and Alvena Lucas.[1] He grew up on his family's farm on Parker's Road, outside Willaston.[1] He and his siblings Eric (Eric Arthur Lucas - see Willison Family), Reg, Les and Elsie attended the Loos School (Buchsfelde), a three mile walk from their farm.[1]
Cliff married Gwenda Folland on the 25th April 1939, they went on to have three children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.[1]
Over the years, he worked various jobs, including farm work, grader driving and metal machining, before training as a carpenter with Clarrie Ayling at Willaston.[1]
In 1948 he was employed by the Commonwealth Department of Works and Housing as a maintenance carpenter and undertook work to adapt the old Willaston Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF) base to become the Willaston Migrant Hostel.[2] (Cliff was one of the interviewees for Jeff Turner's book "This'll do", which features the Willaston Migrant Hostel)[2]
In his later years he resided at Southern Cross Care, Gawler East. He passed away on 8th April 2009, and is buried at Willaston Cemetery with his wife Gwenda.
Click here to read a Bunyip article (12 Jul 2000) with more details about Cliff's life and to see photographs of him.
Birth, Death & Marriage Information
LUCAS Clifford Lewis 'Cliff'
b. 1918, Nurse Green's Nursing Home, Gawler, son of 'Frank' Albert Frank LUCAS & Alvena (Reg. Barossa 13A/291)
m. 25 Apr 1939 Gwenda FOLLAND
d. 8 Apr 2009, aged 91
Buried Willaston Cemetery, Willaston (Plot 63D Q2 - with wife Gwenda)
FOLLAND Gwenda Evelyn (LUCAS)
b. 1913, daughter of Harry Gilbert FOLLAND (Reg. Daly 918/233)
m. 25 Apr 1939
d. 19 Jul 1994, aged 80
Buried Willaston Cemetery, Willaston (Plot 63D Q2 - with husband Cliff)
Children of Cliff & Gwenda Lucas
- LUCAS Graham
- LUCAS Trevor
- LUCAS Thora (MITCHELL)
Brother of Cliff Lucas
- Eric Arthur Lucas (see Willison Family)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 When a halfpenny "meant something" (Bunyip 12 Jul 2000) https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/6398999185
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jeff Turner and Anne Richards (2017) "This'll do": Post-Second World War Migration to Gawler : featuring the Willaston Migrant Workers' Hostel, Gawler Branch of the National Trust of South Australia, Gawler, SA. [Gawler Public Library A 304.9423 TUR]
- Cliff Lucas was one of the people Jeff Turner interviewed when preparing this book
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