Frederick William LEWIS

LEWIS, Frederick William

Service Number: 442
Enlisted: 10 February 1916
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bow, London, England, 11 January 1878
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Tram Hand
Died: Died of wounds, France, 31 January 1917, aged 39 years
Cemetery: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
Plot I, Row E, Grave 8 Headstone Inscription "THY WILL BE DONE"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

10 Feb 1916: Enlisted
10 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 442, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company
1 Jul 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 442, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 442, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart

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Frederick William LEWIS - bio & photo

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Studley Thomas and Caroline LEWIS; husband of M. L. LEWIS, of 34 Queen Street, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania. Native of Bow, London.

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Frederick William Lewis was born in London and came out to Tasmania in about 1898. In England he had served over four years with the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He also stated on enlistment that he had been a member of the Tasmanian Police Force for over nine years. He married Mabel Ricketts in 1901 and was the father of five children.

He was severely wounded in the head when the Germans raided the front line trenches held by the 40th Battalion on the 31 January 1917. A preceding heavy  bombardment of the trenches killed 15 men of the Battalion.

Frederick's wife, three sons and two daughters all received pensions from the government. 

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