File:AWM P00322.009 Vasil Lucas.jpg
Family lore states he was killed when the advanced dressing station to which he had been admitted was strafed by Japanese aircraft fire.
In addition to Vasil and Cecil, seven more of the Lucas brothers, Henry Junior, Lance, Bill, Rufus, Ronald, Dudley and Joseph also served in the Second World War. NX37493 Dudley (Dick) Henley Lucas, 2/30th Battalion was killed in action in Malaya on 15 January 1942. Portraits of all the men can be viewed at P00322.001 to P00322.009.