Regimental number | 175 |
Place of birth | Stawell, Victoria |
School | Stawell State School, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Gardener |
Address | Warracknabeal, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 42 |
Next of kin | Brother, Frank Lewis, Warracknabeal, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 23rd Battalion |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Egypt |
Age at death | 42 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 42 |
Place of burial | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 29), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 99 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Mary LEWIS |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Wounded in action, Anzac, 20 September 1915 (bomb wound, right arm and right leg), and admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 15th General Hospital, Alexandria, 25 September 1915; discharged to Montazah, 30 September 1915. Died of smallpox, 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 10 April 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LEWIS James Walton |