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George Young LEWIS

Regimental number5770
Place of birthHitchin, Herts, England
SchoolEnglish Board School, England
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotorist
AddressSulphur Creek, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs I C R Lewis, Sulphur Creek, Tasmania
Enlistment date29 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Tunnelling Company
FateDied whilst a Prisoner of War 5 December 1918
Place of death or woundingBavaria, Germany
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNiaderzwehren Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 8), Cassel, Germany
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Selina LEWIS; husband of Mrs I. LEWIS, Sulphur Creek, Tasmania

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