LEWIS, Archie Gordon
| Service Number: | 566 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Brentwood, South Australia, 13 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Brentwood, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 1 September 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Grave:II. A. 19. INSCRIPTION HE DIED A SOLDIER BRAVE TO KEEP AUSTRALIA FREE , Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Esperance District WW1 Honour Roll, Esperance War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Enlisted | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 566, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 566, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 1 Sep 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 566, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 566 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-09-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The youngest of four brothers to enlist, Archie Gordon Lewis farmed with his father at Esperance, WA. He was was an original member of A Coy 16th Battalion and was wounded during the landing. Archie suffered a severe gunshot wound to the thigh, and was evacuated to England. He eventually rejoined the 16th Battalion on Gallipoli 2 October 1915. He did not last long, being sent to hospital again due to his old wound, diarrhea and dysentery three weeks later, and was sent to Mudros in late October 1915. He rejoined the 16th Battalion on Gallipoli from hospital on 8 December 1915, so he had actually landed on Gallipoli three times, before the final evacuation.
Archie was appointed Lance Corporal in March 1916, then Corporal during mid-August 1916. He was severely wounded at Mouquet Farm, on 30 August 1916 in France, a gunshot wound to the abdomen, and died of wounds 1 September 1916 aged 26 years and 7 months. He died only a fortnight after the death of older brother, Charles. He also was a native of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
The son of James and Annie Lewis, of Hilton, South Australia. His dad stated on his Roll of Honour circular, “He was a good rifle shot, with his 2 brothers he landed at Gallipoli and was wounded there + after was wounded in France. He was a totle (sic) abstainer and didn't smoke."
The boys had at least four married sisters, as Archie made his will out to them. His brother John Lewis was killed at the Nek with the 10th Light Horse Regiment and another brother, Charles Stephen Lewis, died of wounds on 14 August 1916, only a couple weeks before Archie’s death.
A fourth brother 6289 Pte James Walter Lewis was returned to Australia by the authorities on account of his 3 brothers having lost their lives.
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