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LEWIS, Valentine James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 29974 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 102nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery |
| Born: | Yambuk, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Factory Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 13 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Terang War Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 29974, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 3 Oct 1916: | Involvement Driver, 29974, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Oct 1916: | Embarked Driver, 29974, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 29974, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, From Southampton UK to France; arrived 31 March 1917. | |
| 10 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 29974, 102nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery , Third Ypres, Gun shot wound to neck, and di9ed three days later. | |
| 13 Aug 1917: | Involvement Driver, 29974, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 29974 awm_unit: 102nd Australian (Howitzer) Battery awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-08-13 |
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