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Robert LEWIS

Regimental number3822
Place of birthAscot St, Ballarat, Victoria
SchoolBallarat State School, Urquhart St, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressBallarat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Lewis, 222 Ascot Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Enlistment date9 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 July 1918
Place of death or woundingHamel, France
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 5), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Jane LEWIS, 222 Ascot Street, Ballarat, Victoria

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