Thomas Lucas was a private marine 23rd (Portsmouth) Company arriving at Port Jackson aboard Scarborough and there served in the company of Captain John Shea. Thomas also worked in the colony as a glazier, being his former profession. On 29 December 1791 a son by Ann Howard (Lady Juliana) was born and in December 1792 he enlisted in the NSW Corps and left for Norfolk Island. In April 1797 he was discharged from the corps and received a grant of 60 acres. On the Island he worked as a glazier and painter. He also cultivated his land grant, acquired live-stock and built a two storey shingled dwelling. On 17 August 1801, Thomas married Ann Howard. With Ann and his Island born children, left for VDL (Tasmania) on 3 September 1808 by City of Edinburgh as a first class settler. At VDL he held 100 acres at Queensborough, 180 at Kingsborough and 60 at Lennon. Thomas Lucas died on 29 August 1815 and was buried at St David’s. Ann survived to 10 June 1832.
Thomas O’Brien was a private marine 32nd (Portsmouth) Company, serving at Port Jackson in the detachment of Captain James Campbell. On 26 October 1791 having decided to stay as a settler he left for Norfolk Island on Atlantic and there received 60 acres at Cascade Stream which he cultivated and in due course was selling grain to stores. In June 1794 he was living with Susanna Mortimer (Lady Juliana) and three children, then in September 1808, with his wife and eight children left for VDL (Tasmania) by City of Edinburgh as a first class settler. Thomas took up 100 acres of land in the New Town District followed by 60 acres at Glenorchy. It is unclear whether Thomas died before Susanna, whose recorded burial was 31 December 1846.
Stephen Martin was sentenced at Bristol on 28 April 1783 to transportation for seven years for stealing a cann and a pair of boots and spurs. Aged 36 in 1785, he was received on the Censor Hulk and on 6 January 1787 was delivered to Alexander. While in Port Jackson, he received 25 lashes for neglecting his work and 50 lashes for theft. On 4 March 1790 he was sent by Sirius to Norfolk Island. On the Island Stephen cleared and cultivated his leased land. In 1794 he was selling grain to stores and had a child with Hannah Pealing (Lady Juliana). On 15 May 1808 he went with their child to VDL (Tasmania) by Estramina leaving 13 acres cleared and a thatched and boarded house. At VDL he held 33 acres at Melville Tasmania. Stephen Martin died at the recorded age of 81 and was buried on 29 October 1829.
Honouring their WW1 descendants
17893 Albert Robert Atkinson (married into the First Fleet lineage)
(Father of Claude Albert and William Reginald Atkinson)
Private Australian Army Medical Corps – General Reinforcements (August 1915-1918) 49th Infantry
Corporal 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Born 1877 Collingwood Victoria to John Anderson and Mary Ann (Morris) Atkinson
Occupation Railway Labourer
18 July 1916 to 9 April 1917 served with No.2 Battalion Geelong, AAMC Royal Park, Castlemaine and Seymour
Enlisted 10 July 1917, aged 38 for overseas duty
Albert Robert and Amy Eva (Smith) Atkinson, October 1916 (courtesy J Trott)
Next-of-kin wife Mrs Amy Eva Atkinson, Wandin Road Lilydale Victoria (First Fleet descendant)
Embarked Melbourne 4 August 1917 aboard HMAT Themistocles A32
Service in France
Albert Atkinson, Regimental Aid Post France c1918 (courtesy J Trott)
Taken on strength of 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company from AAMC, 2 March 1918
Returned to Australia 13 August 1919 on SS Konigin Luise
Discharged 12 September 1919
Died 1921 Lilydale Victoria
591 Claude Albert Charles Atkinson
(Son of Albert Robert and brother of William Reginald Atkinson)
Private 6th Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Battalion – “C” Company
Born 1897 Coburg Victoria to Albert Robert and Amy Eva (Smith) Atkinson
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 26 March 1915, aged 18
Next-of-kin parents Mrs Amy Atkinson Warburton Road Lilydale Victoria
Embarked Melbourne 10 May 1915 aboard HMAT Euripides A14
Claude Albert Charles Atkinson (courtesy J Trott)
Service in France 5 August 1916
Died of Wounds received in action on 6 August 1916 at No.11 General Hospital Camiers France
Buried 7 August 1916, Grave IX.C.12A Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
30010 William Reginald Atkinson
(Son of Albert Robert and brother of Claude Albert Charles Atkinson)
Private 116th Howitzer Battery, 93rd Infantry
Gunner 102nd Howitzer Battery
Born 1898 Ascot Vale Victoria to Albert Robert and Amy Eva (Smith) Atkinson Occupation Clerk
Serving Senior Cadets 1 year Carlton
Enlisted 10 May 1916
Next-of-kin father Mr Albert Atkinson, Wandin Road Lilydale Victoria
Embarked Melbourne 2 October 1916 aboard HMAT Aeneas A60
Disembarked Plymouth 19 November 1916
William Reginald Atkinson (courtesy J Trott)
Taken on strength 31 March 1917 to 102nd Howitzer Battery France 31 March 1917
Wounded in action 10 August 1917 (wounds jaw and both thighs)
Returned to Australia 20 December 1917 on
HS Runic A54
Discharged at Melbourne 21 August 1918 – medically unfit