Lewis Frederick WILKINSON

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WILKINSON, Lewis Frederick

Service Number:	1901
Enlisted:	14 October 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	McLaren Flat, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	McLaren Vale, Onkaparinga, South Australia
Schooling:	McLaren Vale School and Roseworthy College, South Australia
Occupation:	Assistant vigneron
Died:	Died of Wounds, Belgium, 1 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, McLaren Vale Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

14 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1901, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
11 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 1901, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 1901, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
1 Oct 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 1901, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1901 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-01

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Only son of Frederick and Emily Mary WILKINSON, Universal Chambers, Grenfell Street, Adelaide - also of Ryecroft Vineyards

LATE CPL. L. F. WILKINSON.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Wilkinson, of Ryecroft, McLaren Flat, have been notified that their only son, No. 1910, Cpl. Lewis F. Wilkinson, was killed in action in France on October 1, Cpl. Wilkinson enlisted in October, 1915, and left South Australia on January 11, 1916. He went to Egypt with the 15th Reinforcements of the 3rd Light Horse, and served some time there. Afterwards he was sent to England, and later to France. The deceased soldier, who took a keen interest in the sports of the district, was a member of rifle, cricket, and football clubs. He was highly respected by all classes. Cpl. Wilkinson was a man of splendid physique, and was in his twenty-seventh year.

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