Herbert John LEWIS

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Service Number:	311
Enlisted:	26 January 1915, Geelong, Vic.
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	13th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Connewarre, Victoria, Australia, 28 April 1892
Home Town:	Moolap, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Leopold Cemetery, Victoria, Australia

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26 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 311, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Geelong, Vic.
28 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 311, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
28 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 311, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
19 Sep 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 311, 13th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, SW to leg (fractured), arm and head sustained in the line at Lone Pine. Evacuated to Egypt then RTA.
5 Jan 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 311, 13th Light Horse Regiment, RTA 3 January 1916 and discharged as MU (wounds).

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