Lewis Edmund WHITFORD MC

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Service Number:	953
Enlisted:	15 August 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Won Wron, Victoria, Australia, 4 September 1887
Home Town:	Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carrier
Died:	Natural causes, Western Australia, 2 March 1973, aged 85 years
Cemetery:	Narrogin Cemetery, Western Australia
Memorials:

15 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 953, Helena Vale, Western Australia
17 Sep 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 11th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 953, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 953, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 953, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
15 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 11th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1917:	Involvement 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1917:	Embarked 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
1 Jan 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion
1 Feb 1919:	Honoured Military Cross

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