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Frank Lukis
Air Commodore Francis William Fellowes (Frank) Lukis, CBE (27 July 1896 – 18 February 1966) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). A veteran of World War I, he first saw combat as a soldier in the Australian Imperial Force at Gallipoli. In 1917, Lukis transferred to the Australian Flying Corps and flew with No. 1 Squadron in the Middle East, where he was twice mentioned in despatches. A member of the Australian Air Corps following the war, he transferred to the fledgling RAAF in 1921, and became the first Commanding Officer of the newly re-formed No. 3 Squadron at RAAF Station Richmond, New South Wales, in 1925.
Lukis went on to lead No. 1 Squadron in the early 1930s, and was promoted to group captain in 1938. Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire the same year, he was in charge of RAAF Station Laverton, Victoria, during the early years of World War II. He later held forward commands in the South West Pacific theatre, including Northern Area (later North-Eastern Area), for which he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and No. 9 Operational Group (later Northern Command). Lukis also served on the Air Board, the RAAF's controlling body, as Air Member for Personnel. After retirement from the Air Force in 1946, he became a manager with Australian National Airways, and was active in veterans' associations. He died in 1966 at the age of sixty-nine.
==Early life and World War I==
Born on 27 July 1896 in Balingup, Western Australia, Frank Lukis was the son of grazier William Fellowes Lukis and his wife Jean. He was educated at The High School, Perth, and later worked on the family farm.〔Ritchie, ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', pp. 135–136〕 In October 1914, he joined the Australian Imperial Force as part of the 10th Light Horse Regiment, the only such regiment raised in Western Australia.〔(Francis William Fellowes Lukis ) at (The AIF Project ). Retrieved on 18 February 2009.〕〔(10th Light Horse Regiment ) at Australian War Memorial. Retrieved on 10 December 2009.〕 Ranked corporal, Lukis sailed from Fremantle aboard A47 ''Mashobra'' on 17 February 1915, seeing combat first at Gallipoli and then in Egypt.〔〔 At Gallipoli, the 10th Light Horse went into action in the Battles of the Nek and Hill 60, before being withdrawn in December and redeployed to Egypt. There it took part in the campaign against the Turks in Sinai, including the Battle of Romani.〔
Lukis was commissioned as a second lieutenant in July 1916 and promoted to lieutenant in December.〔 On 25 February 1917, he transferred to the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) and was posted to No. 1 Squadron (also known until 1918 as No. 67 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps), operating in Sinai and Palestine.〔〔Stephens, ''The Royal Australian Air Force'', p. 9〕 He undertook reconnaissance missions as an observer in Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2s from April to September 1917.〔〔Cutlack, (''The Australian Flying Corps'', p. 71 )〕 In January 1918 he completed pilot training and began flying fighter and ground attack sorties in Bristol Fighters.〔Stephens, ''The RAAF in the Southwest Pacific Area'', pp. 37–39〕〔Cutlack, (''The Australian Flying Corps'', pp. 116–117 )〕 He was twice mentioned in despatches for distinguished service with the AFC in the Middle East, the first gazetted on 16 January 1918, and the second on 12 January 1920. Lukis finished the war a flight commander with the temporary rank of captain, and returned to Australia on 5 March 1919.〔〔
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