| Name |
LUCRAFT, Harry Stephenson |
| Birth |
14 Apr 1894 |
Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military Service |
1914–1918 |
England |
| Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (R.N.V.R.) |
| Graduation |
1919 |
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
- University of Edinburgh MB ChB (Edin) 1919
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| Occupation |
7 Jul 1920 |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Address:
Royal Perth Hospital |
- Doctor of medicine, MB ChB (Edin) 1919 MD (Edin) 1924 MRCP 1934 FRACP 1938 (Foundation) Honorary Consultant Physician.
Harry S Lucraft
1894 – 1953
Physician & Photographer
Harry Lucraft was born in Adelaide and graduated in medicine at the University of Edinburgh. When World War I broke out he volunteered for active service. He was appointed Surgeon-Probationer on destroyers in the North Sea, during which time he developed an interest in photography.
In the 1920s, Dr Lucraft moved to Perth and entered a consultant practice in Lake Street with a special interest in cardiology and in 1928 he took up a position at the Perth Hospital as a Physician, where he worked until 1953. In this role, he improved the reputation of the Hospital through his clinical skill, teaching and patient care.
He was known as a skilled amateur photographer and was a member of the Van Raalte Club, a local photographic group whose members experimented to achieve soft effects and details in shadow.
The techniques had implications for radiology too, particularly because at that time X-rays did not capture detail. Using his skills in this area, Dr Lucraft did the clinical photography of the Hospital single-handed for many years. Eventually, he guided the development of a Department of Clinical Photography.
Harry Lucraft died in the Hospital he had served for twenty-five years.
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| Misc |
Abt 1930 |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Photography |
- Harry was a member and Life President of the Van Realte Photographic Club.
Australian Museums and Galleries Association Western Australia
Dr Harry Stephenson Lucraft, a cardiologist was employed at the Perth Hospital (later Royal Perth Hospital) from 1928 to 1953. His premature death occurred in 1953 at RPH.
As a photographer, he adopted the pictorialist style. Similar to other pictorialists, Lucraft favoured capturing misty scenes lacking focus, thereby imbuing his images with a romantic, emotional essence. He was known to have his camera with him at all times, often keeping it in his car.
Lucraft was an active member and president of the Van Raalte Club photographic group, established in Perth in 1926 by August Knapp. Initially known as the Dilettanti Club, its primary objective was to promote the study and practice of pictorial photography.
Lucraft, along with fellow members of the Van Raalte Club, showcased their work at Kodak in Hay Street. In 1933, two of Lucraft's photographs were selected by the Royal Photographic Society for an exhibition in London.
His subjects included the Fremantle train station, Pelican Point, Kalamunda Hills, and the University of Western Australia grounds.
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| Military Service |
10 Jul 1942 |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Royal Australian Air Force, Medical |
| Reference Number |
S0228 |
| _UID |
0E61441210DB4164A08681F4E3A2506A2F58 |
| Cremation |
Dec 1953 |
Palmyra, Western Australia, Australia |
Address:
Fremantle Cemetery |
| Death |
24 Dec 1953 |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Address:
Royal Perth Hospital |
- LUCRAFT (H. S.): On Dec. 24. loved brother of Fred, Ida and Kathleen.
LUCRAFT (Dr. H. S.): A mark of respect and esteem from his Brethren of St. George's Lodge No. 6 W.A.C.
Lucraft:
On Dec 24 at Perth, Dr Harry Stephenson Lucraft MB Ch. B (Edin) DTM and H (London) MD (Edin) MRCP (London) FRACP. Beloved husband of Gladys, of 6 Wingfield Avenue, Crawley, loving father of Pamela (Mrs Goff, Wialki) and Daphne (Mrs Py ke, Adelaide). Fond Father in Law of Bruce and Leslie. Loved Grandfather of Harry. Private Church of Christ Service was held in the Crematorium Chapel, Karrakatta on December 28, Pastor Fisher officiated.
West Australian Newspaper 29 December 1953 (death notices)
Harry Stephenson Lucraft, the son of a grocer, was born in Adelaide, attended Scotch College in Perth and graduated in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, albeit delayed by dangerous naval service in the North Sea during World War I. His mother's father, Richard Stephenson, was cousin to George of steam engine fame. His peripatetic habits continued with his return to Western Australia for a two year sojourn as District Medical Officer in Norseman, a return to London to practice in Dulwich and to obtain further degrees, including a Doctorate in Medicine and finally back again to Perth, entering a suburban general practice. He returned to England to sit and pass the Membership examination of the Royal College of Physicians at the age of 40. Returning to Perth, he entered consultant practice with a special interest in cardiology. During World War II he was appointed a Medical Specialist to Western Command but he was sequestered in Perth, to his bitter chagrin, presumably because of his short stature at 5 feet, 2inches. His professional life was consumed by the care of patients. His medical competence was unquestioned and a quotation from his obituary gives succinctly the widely held opinion of him: "Some physicians during their lifetime gain the general respect of colleagues and patients. Some - a smaller number - gain admiration as well. A select few win respect, admiration and in addition, great affection. Of these was Lucraft". He was a skilled and artistic amateur photographer. He carried his camera in his car at all times just in case a misty scene appeared - he favoured mistscapes. He died in the hospital he had served, the Royal Perth Hospital, on Christmas Eve 1953 from the presumed legacy of cigarette smoking.
Copied from:- Royal Perth Hospital Emeritus Consultant biographies
Volume 1.
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| Person ID |
I580 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
3 Feb 2026 |
| Father |
LUCRAFT, Arthur, b. 1 Jun 1867, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England d. 4 Oct 1933, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 66 years) |
| Mother |
STEPHENSON, Annie Gertrude d. 27 Dec 1907, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia |
| Marriage |
5 Dec 1890 |
Nar Nar Goon, Colony of Victoria [1] |
Address:
Farm House |
- LUCRAFT– STEPHENSON– On the 5th December, at the residence of Alexander Ritchie, Esq., Nar Nar Goon, by D. Macallister, Arthur, youngest son of George Lucraft, of London, to Annie Gertrude, only daughter of the late Richard Stephenson, of Berwick.
Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Saturday 20 December 1890, page 5
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| Family ID |
F138 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family  |
STEWARD, Gladys Edith Rose, b. 1897, Rotherhithe, Surrey, England d. 27 Aug 1980, Maylands, Western Australia, Australia (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
1926 |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F226 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
26 Oct 2026 |
1894 - 1953 (59 years) Has 35 ancestors and 22 descendants in this family tree.