Date of birth:

November 10th, 1927 (Dubbeldam/South Holland, Netherlands)

Date of death:

July 6th, 1946 (Surabaya/Java, Dutch Indies)

Buried on:

Dutch War Cemetery Kembang Kuning
Plot: C. Grave: 199.

Nationality:

Dutch

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Lucas was born on 10 November 1927 in Dubbeldam, South Holland, and lived in Breda. After the end of the Second World War in the Netherlands, he enlisted as a war volunteer in the Royal Netherlands Navy. He travelled to the United States for training as a marine and to prepare for his service in East Asia, where the Japanese were still being fought at the time.

Two days after the Japanese surrender on 15 August 1945, Soekarno and Mohammed Hatta declared Indonesia's independence. When, shortly afterwards, the British and Dutch appear to be preparing to restore the old colonial authority, the period of the Bersiap (“be prepared”) begins, during which foreigners and European and Indonesian Dutch people declared enemies are the main victims of violence and persecution. The marines' destination was changed to the Dutch East Indies, where they were to restore order and peace. In December 1945, Lucas travelled with the marine brigade, divided among a number of troop transport ships leaving shortly after each other, to the East.

However, to the great anger of the Dutch military, Admiral Lord Mountbatten, commander-in-chief of the South East Asia Command (SEAC), announces a landing ban for Java and Sumatra. In doing so, he attempts to prevent the chaotic situation in the archipelago from escalating into a large-scale war in which the British troops still stationed there could become embroiled. As a result, it is not until March 1946 that Lucas is able to disembark in Surabaya. Until then, he is stationed with the marines in British Malacca.

After taking over posts from the remaining British troops on Java, Lucas was mainly deployed in the east of the island, where fierce fighting against the revolutionaries was taking place on the Surabaya front. The marines were then also deployed in operations in the interior.

While on patrol around Surabaya, Lucas was seriously wounded by enemy machine gun fire and was taken to the city's naval hospital in critical condition. However, the medical assistance provided was to no avail. Lucas died on 6 July 1946, aged 18. He was laid to rest at the Dutch military cemetery Kembang Kuning in Surabaya.

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