LEST WE FORGET
Second Lieutenant Leofwin Collings Fellowes LUKIS
From Australia serving in the Royal Flying Corps
Service No: Not Assigned
Unit: 27th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
Died: Air Operations, France, 6 January 1917, Aged 19 Years
Buried: St. Ouen Communal Cemetery, Somme, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Wilfnd Ravenshaw Fellowes Lukis and Kate Margaret Lukis, of “Derry”, Phillips Street, Neutral Bay, Sydney New South Wales. Born at Guernsey, Channel Islands
Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 6 January 1917, Second Lieutenant Lukis, was killed during compass-course flying training. His aircraft, Martinsyde 7497 was found wrecked at Gorenflos and the cause of the loss was determined as unknown.
References:
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives UK RAF Casualty Book AIR 1/967 page 159, 174865