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Frederick George LEWIS

Date of birth30 January 1886
Place of birthSouth Brisbane, Queensland
SchoolBrisbane Boys' Central School, and Boys Grammar School, Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressToowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, Mr Robert Humfrey John Lewis, Telegraph Newspaper Co, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date5 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 September 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name42nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Brisbane branch, 17 September 1903. Promoted ledger-keeper at Toowoomba branch, March 1907; to teller at Gympie branch, October 1910; transferred to Brisbane branch, December 1911.
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialHem Farm Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 20), Hem-Monacu, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
135
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: J. and Lucy LEWIS
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName recorded on Embarkation Roll as Frederic George LEWIS
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), pp. 232-3.

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