AGNEW, Louis Lempriere
| Service Number: | 8601 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Liverpool, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia, 28 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Oatlands, Southern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Geelong Grammar School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Pastoralist |
| Died: | Following surgery, Sydney, New South Wales, 11 July 1939, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Memorial plaque in Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Oatlands Soldiers Memorial, Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Liverpool, Sydney | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8601, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8601, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, HMAT Runic | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8601, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8601, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Medal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Louis Lempriere AGNEW was born on 28th August, 1890 in Oatlands, Tasmania
His parents were Charles Stewart AGNEW & Lucy Emmeline REID
He married Irene Beatrice SYMONDS on 17th October, 1922 in St Davids Cathedral in Hobart
He enlisted in Liverpool, Sydney on 15th July, 1915 and embarked with the 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, 13th Reinforcements on the ship HMAT Runic on 20th January, 1916 and returned to Australia on 21st July, 1917 and was discharged on 30th October, 1917
Louis died in a private hospital in Darlinghurst, Sydney on 11th July, 1939 following surgery and was cremated in the Northern Suburbs Crematorium in North Ryde, Sydney - there is a memorial plaque for him in the Cornelian Bay Cemetery in Tasmania
He was awarded a Military Medal
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