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Reginald Peter LEWIS

Regimental number5038
Place of birthJarrahdale, Western Australia
SchoolJarrahdale Public School, Western Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMill hand
AddressJarrahdale, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Grace Myrtle Lewis, Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 18 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Age at death30
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 33), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
113
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Mary Ann LEWIS; Wife: Grace M. LEWIS, Anstey St, Mundijong, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 5039 Pte Arthur LEWIS, 28th Bn, killed in action, 28 February 1917; 5040 Pte Ernest Alfred LEWIS, 28th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 June 1919; 3862 Pte Herbert George LEWIS, 51st Bn, died of wounds while a prisoner of war, 28 August 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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