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Samuel John LEWIS

Regimental number6598
Place of birthCharters Towers, Queensland
SchoolRichmond Hill State School, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressCharters Towers, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, J Lewis, Vulture Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date4 December 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death19
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row L, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
105
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Phillippa LEWIS, York Street, Queenton, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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