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Lionel Harold LEVY

Regimental number2870
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolCleveland Street Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionJewish
OccupationCab driver
Address2 Elton Place, off Pitt Street, Redfern, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 2.75"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs H Levy, 2 Elton Place, off Pitt Street, Redfern, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 July 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularPast Chief Ranger, Court Unity A[ncient] O[rder][Of] Foresters' [Friendly Society]; Hon Secretary, Hebrew Relief Society, Sydney.
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialAustralian Cemetery (V. C. Corner Panel No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 1st Bn, Tel el Kebir, 6 January 1916.

Transferred to 53rd Bn, and taken on strength, 14 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 2 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, LEVY Lionel Harold

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