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Description: Clifford Lewis Lucas, known as Cliff, was born in 1918 at [[Nurse Greens Nursing home|Nurse Green's Nursing Home]] on [[King Street]], son of Frank and Alvena Lucas.<ref name=":0">When a halfpenny "meant something" (Bunyip 12 Jul 2000) https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/6398999185</ref> He grew up on his family's farm on Parker's Road, outside Willaston.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" /> Cliff married Gwenda Folland on the 25th April 1939, they went on to have three children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":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</ref> (Cliff was one of the interviewees for Jeff Turner's book "This'll do", which features the Willaston Migrant Hostel)<ref name=":1" /> 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. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157642188089254 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]]) The fields below can each contain multiple values. Separate them with a comma.
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