LEWIS, Henry
| Service Number: | 23068 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Morphett Vale, South Australia , 1892 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Influenza Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, 22 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 23068, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 23068, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 22 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 23068, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 23068 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-11-22 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Gunner, 23068, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Gunner, 23068, 9th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
His personal effects were returned to AIF Base Records Melbourne 1920, awaiting a claimant.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 22nd November.....Henry Lewis was born at Morphett Vale, South Australia in 1892.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 25th October, 1915 as a 23 year old Labourer from Toowoomba, Queensland. His next of kin was listed as his brother – Mr J. Lewis, Waikery, Murray River, South Australia.
Gunner Henry Lewis, Service number 23068, embarked from Sydney on HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 11th May, 1916 with 9th Field Artillery, 1st Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 10th July, 1916.
On 29th September, 1916 Gunner Lewis was written up for an Offence while in Boyton, Wiltshire - “When an active service AWL from 8.30 a.m. 26.9.16 to 10.30 p.m. 26.9.16”. He was awarded 7 days Field Punishment & forfeited a total of 8 days pay.
He was admitted to 1st Dermatological Hospital at Bulford, Wiltshire with V.D. on 15th October, 1916. He was discharged from Hospital on 1st December, 1916 & posted to No. 1 Command Depot at Perham Downs, Wiltshire. Gunner Lewis was marched in to Camp 21 at Larkhill, Wiltshire on 10th December, 1916.
Gunner Lewis proceeded overseas to France on 15th March, 1917. He was transferred to 1st Division Artillery at Etaples on 25th March, 1917 & taken on strength in France on 29th March, 1917.
He reported sick on 6th June, 1917 & admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance with Appendicitis. He rejoined his Unit from Hospital on 7th July, 1917.
Gunner Lewis was detached to St. Omer on Picquet Duty (In military terminology, a picquet refers to soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance) on 15th September, 1917 & rejoined his Unit on 29th September, 1917.
On 5th October, 1917 Gunner Lewis was transferred to 2nd Field Artillery Brigade at Belgium. He was taken on strength & posted to 6th Battery on same day.
Gunner Lewis was on leave to England on 14th February, 1918 & rejoined his Unit on 5th March, 1918.
He was admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance on 21st March, 1918 – he had been wounded in action as a result of a gas Shell. He was admitted to 6th (USA) General Hospital in France on 16th April, 1918 suffering from “Gas Shell ‘W’ & Broncho pneumonia”. He embarked for England on 19th April, 1918 on Hospital Ship Guildford Castle.
On 20th April, 1918 Gunner Lewis was admitted to Norfolk War Hospital at Norwich, England. He was discharged to No. 3 Command Depot at Harefield on 18th June, 1918.
Gunner Lewis was marched in to Overseas Training Brigade on 26th October, 1918 then marched in to Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery at Heytesbury, Wiltshire on 8th November, 1918.
He reported sick & was admitted to the Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 17th November, 1918 with Influenza Pneumonia, seriously ill.
Gunner Henry Lewis died at 23.15 hrs on 22nd November, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny of Influenza Pneumonia.
He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers & 2 Australian Nurses are buried.
The relatives of the late Gunner Henry Lewis were unable to be located to advise them of his death. Notices were placed in newspapers several times in an attempt to locate the next-of-kin. As a result his War Medals & other Mementos were sent to “Untraceables”. A photo of the original cross marking his grave in churchyard at Sutton Veny was located in his Service Record file as it would normally have been sent to next-of-kin.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/k--m.html
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