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Leslie Cecil LEWIS

Regimental number3892
Date of birth6 March 1892
Place of birthMount Gambier, South Australia
SchoolMount Gambier Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBoilermaker
AddressNewport, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, corner of Gipps and Campbell streets, Port Fairy, Victoria
Enlistment date3 August 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/9/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 13 October 1918
Place of burialBusigny Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot 8, Row C, Grave No. 46), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Annie LEWIS, Gipps and Campbell Streets, Port Fairy, Victoria. Native of Mount Gambier, South Australia
Other detailsWar service: France, Belgium.

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