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Lewis Brinley EDWARDS

Regimental number1414
Place of birthHayold, South Wales
SchoolElimentary School
Age on arrival in Australia28
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, R Edwards, Hengord, England
Enlistment date8 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameMining Corps, Reinforcement 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/7/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 20 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateKilled in Action 27 November 1916
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialHersin Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Sarah EDWARDS, Ivy Cottage, Hengoed, Cardiff, Wales

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