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Walter Howard LEWIS

Regimental number4159
Place of birthPensacola, Florida, U.S.A.
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPainter
AddressSouth Woodbern, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinSister, Mrs Daisy Grant, Mobile, Alabama, USA
Enlistment date20 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 28 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 4 January 1919
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Discharged medically unfit
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date16 April 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Served three years 205 days (two years 338 days of which were spent abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death3 September 1946

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