MAUDSLEY, Lewis Roger
| Service Numbers: | 4894, 4894A |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1916, 7th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goomeri, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Goomeri, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 October 1961, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Goomeri & District Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4894, 52nd Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 4894, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 4894, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 21 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4894A, 31st Infantry Battalion, France - GSW right leg and hand | |
| 23 Sep 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4894A, 31st Infantry Battalion, per HT Runic | |
| 28 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4894A, 31st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Lewis Roger Maudsley (Service No:4894A) enlisted in the AIF in September 1916. He served in France with the 52nd, 31st, 30th Infantry Battalions, and was WiA in France in 1918 (GSW thigh and hand). Private Maudsley was attached to the 31st Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in December 1918.
Born in 1897 in Goomeri QLD, Lewis was the sixth of ten children of Richard Maudsley (b1861 in Cumbria, England) and Maria Jane Walker (b1865 in Ipswich, QLD). Richard emigrated in 1866, arriving in Brisbane, QLD on board the Queen of the Colonies. Richard (a Labourer) and Maria married in 1886 in Brisbane QLD and settled initially in Boonah, Ipswich QLD before relocating to Goomeri where Richard was a Grazier on his property Unduban. Richard died in 1928.
Lewis worked as a Stockman in Goomeri before his Service in the AIF, and in 1919 returned and worked as a Labourer. He was in Brisbane, QLD in 1924 when he passed the Commonwealth Public Service Exam and became a Motor Driver for the PMG. In 1926 in Brisbane, Lewis married Cecilia Mary Swanson (b1897 in Brisbane, QLD). The couple settled in Brisbane where Lewis was a Motor Driver until his death in 1961. Cecilia died in 1964.
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