LEWIS, Oliver
| Service Number: | 164 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, 17 August 1882 |
| Home Town: | Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fettler |
| Died: | Pneumonic influenza, Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 24 June 1919, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 164, Mining Corps | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 164, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 164, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 164, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 164, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 16 Oct 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 164, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), SWs right foot (severe), legs and buttock at Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 164, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), MU due to wounding |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
103 years ago today, on the Wednesday morning of the 25th June 1919, Sapper Oliver Lewis, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company (Miners' Battalion, Reg No-164), of Wahroonga, New South Wales and 47 Swan Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 36. PRESBYTERIAN-7SW. 26.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139445749 - funeral notice states service.
Oliver died on the 24th June 1919 with pneumonic influenza.
Born at Murrurundi, New South Wales on the 17th August 1882 to Oliver and Elizabeth Lewis; husband of Margaret Minnie Lewis nee Styles (married 1918, St. Peters, Sydney, N.S.W., of "Chudleigh", Gillies Street, North Sydney, N.S.W., remarried 1923, died 1965, Queanbeyan, N.S.W. as WARWICK), Oliver enlisted August 1915 with the Mining Corps-No.1 Company at Holsworthy, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 16.10.1916 (SW leg, right foot, elbow & buttock, severe, Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium).
Transferred to England 22.10.1916.
Oliver was invalided home July 1917, being discharged medically unfit on the 4th October 1917.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, wounds, returning home, etc.
Mr. Lewis’s name has been inscribed on the Castlemountain First World War Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Oliver’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque to be installed at the gravesite to restore Honour and Dignity to Oliver.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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