Regimental number | 5039 |
Place of birth | Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
School | Jarrahdale State School, Western Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Joseph Lewis, Newtown, Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 28th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/45/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 28th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 22 |
Place of burial | Warlencourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row J, Grave No. 11), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 113 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph and Mary Ann LEWIS, Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3862 Pte Herbert George LEWIS, 51st Bn, died of wounds while a prisoner of war, 28 August 1916; 5038 Pte Reginald Peter LEWIS, 28th Bn, killed in action, 29 September 1918; 5040 Pte Ernest Alfred LEWIS, 28th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 June 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |