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Arthur LEWIS

Regimental number5039
Place of birthJarrahdale, Western Australia
SchoolJarrahdale State School, Western Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressJarrahdale, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Joseph Lewis, Newtown, 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 28 February 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row J, Grave No. 11), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
113
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Mary Ann LEWIS, Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3862 Pte Herbert George LEWIS, 51st Bn, died of wounds while a prisoner of war, 28 August 1916; 5038 Pte Reginald Peter LEWIS, 28th Bn, killed in action, 29 September 1918; 5040 Pte Ernest Alfred LEWIS, 28th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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