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Frederick William LEWIS

Regimental number442
Place of birthBow, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTram hand
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mabel L Lewis, 34 Queen Street, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in RMLI in Navy.
Enlistment date10 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name40th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 31 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 8), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Studley and Caroline LEWIS; husband of M. LEWIS, 34 Queen Street, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania. Native of Bow, London
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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