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Oswald Osprey LEWIS

Regimental number2790
Place of birthAdamstown New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressPopram Road, Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ethel Lewis, Popram Road, Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military service16th Infantry
Enlistment date11 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 4 May 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Other details

War service: Western Front

Date of death2 June 1981

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