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Roy Henry LEWIS

Regimental number12390
Place of birthBurnie Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRaminea, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinSister, Mrs E Newitt, Raminea, Tasmania
Enlistment date15 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 6, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row M, Grave No. 3), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Esther LEWIS. Native of Burnie, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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