Regimental number | 10181 |
Place of birth | Elsternwick Victoria |
School | Church Grammar School, Launceston, Tasmania; Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria |
Other training | Engineering School, University of Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Student engineering |
Address | 41 Kooyong Road, Armadale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, James Bannantyne Lewis, 41 Kooyong Road, Armadale, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as Lieutenant, Melbourne University Rifles, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Corporal |
Unit name | 10th Field Company Engineers |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/29/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Flying Corps |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Vignacourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 21), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 188 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Roll of Honour, Shrine of Memories, Anzac Square, Brisbane, Queensland. Parents: James and Edith LEWIS, 41 Kooyong Road, Armadale, Victoria. Native of Elsternwick, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: [32312] Lt Athol Hugh LEWIS, 3rd Division Artillery, returned to Australia, 16 March 1919; |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |