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LEWIS, Norman Neville
Service Number: | 5920, 8914 |
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Enlisted: | 11 March 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 20th Army Service Corps |
Born: | West Thebarton, South Australia, Australia, 25 February 1893 |
Home Town: | Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Harness maker |
Died: | Natural causes, North Adelaide, South Australia, 20 January 1939, aged 45 years |
Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Flinders |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
11 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5920, 8914, Enlisted at Keswick, South Australia | |
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26 May 1915: | Involvement Driver, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
26 May 1915: | Embarked Driver, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
27 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 5920, 8914, 20th Army Service Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Other service number 8914
1 April 1915 - Held the rank of Driver with 4 Light Horse Brigade
27 January 1917 - Held the rank of Corporal
29 December 1918 - Promoted to Lance Sergeant
13 April 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Castalia
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Married twice
1) 30 September 1919 - Married Jessie Lavinia Louise Meyer in the Baptist Church Soouthwark. Jessie died at Southwark on 25 January 1933 aged 39 years
2) 7 July 1934 - Married Mary Francs Keain at the residence of the Archbishop of Adelaide
RSL Information
28 May 1919 - Joined State Branch; address was Randolph Street
5 June 1936 - Transferred to Theberton Sub Branch; address was 32 Smith Street, Southark
Badge 82470 lost