LEWIS, John Percival
| Service Number: | 120 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1914, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Minlacowie, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, 31 May 1884 |
| Home Town: | Brentwood, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer, Contractor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 10., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Esperance District WW1 Honour Roll, Esperance War Memorial, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 120, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 120, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 15 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 120, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31 and the son of James and Annie Lewis, of Hilton, South Australia.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
An original member of the 10th Light Horse Regiment John was killed during the famous charge at the Nek on Gallipoli 7 August 1915. His father stated on the Roll of Honour form that, "He was a good rifle shot and won prizes at rifle matches; he was a totle (sic) abstainer and didn't smoke."
John was one of four brothers who enlisted, 2 died during the Pozieres fighting in France during 1916, Charles Stephen and Archie Gordon Lewis. A third brother James Walter Lewis, returned to Australia for discharge on account of three of his brothers having been killed in the war.
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