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Robert Nelson LEWIS

Regimental number2357
Place of birthOsterley, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressNew Norfolk, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Bridget Emma Lewis, Macquarie Plains, Tasmania
Enlistment date28 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 August 1918
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot X, Row E, Grave No. 10), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Bridget LEWIS, 5 Harrington Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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