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Lewis SPRATT

Regimental number5814
Place of birthWilcannia, New South Wales
SchoolChartors Towers, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStockman
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinSister, Mrs Thompson, Manly, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 March 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Lewis spelt Lewes
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
57
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Benjamin and Amelia Jemima SPRATT. Native of Wilcannia, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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