Redvers Eric LEE

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Service Number:	4163
Enlisted:	3 February 1916, Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lawrence, Clarence River, New South Wales, Australia, 1899
Home Town:	Lawrence, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Lower Southgate Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Farmhand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 July 1918
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot VIII, Row A, Grave 8
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Grafton Lower Southgate Public School WW1 Roll of Honour, Lower Southgate War Memorial

3 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4163, 31st Infantry Battalion, Lismore, NSW
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4163, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4163, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
8 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4163, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4163 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-08

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Redvers Eric LEE (known as Eric) was born in Lawrence, Clarence River, NSW in 1899

His parents were Frederick John LEE & Barbara Ellen LAW who married in 1889 (registered in Maclean, NSW)

He enlisted in Lismore on 3rd February, 1916 & embarked with the 31st Infantry Battalion, 10th reinforcements on the HMAT Boonah n 21st October, 1916

He was Killed in Action in France on 8th July, 1918 and is buried in the Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery