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Albert Edward LEWIS

Regimental number189
Place of birthNorth Fitzroy, Victoria
SchoolMiller St State School, North Fitzroy, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBootmaker
AddressNorthcote, Melbourne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinL Lewis, 50 St David Street, Northcote
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date8 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death20
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XXXIII, Row J, Grave No. 6), France Entry also recorded in Memorial Register No. 26, Villers Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
96
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Lowis and Ellen LEWIS, 38 Bridge Street, Northcote, Victoria

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