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LEWIS, James Walton
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 175 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Egypt, 10 April 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warracknabeal War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 175, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 175, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Family history
James was the oldest of the four children of William James Lewis and Mary Ann Smith, who had a farm near Warracknabeal, Victoria.
He was born in 1874, his sister Sarah Amy was born in 1875, his brother George Anchor was born in 1877 and his youngest brother Francis William was born in 1879.
Both parents died before 1900.
James was wounded at Loan Pine and evacuated to Egypt. He recovered by early 1916, but caught scarlet fever in Alexandria and died.
Submitted 14 September 2020 by Kerrie-Gai Bennett
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