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LEWIN, Lavis (Louis) Henry
| Service Number: | 640 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cable Operator |
| Died: | 13 November 1970, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board, Torrens Park Kyre (Scotch) College Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 640, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Sep 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 640, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 640, 12th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
640 Sergeant Lavis Henry Lewin after two years and 10 months on service returned to South Australia in July 1917
Name spelt as Louis on Service Record and Nominal Roll
Biography contributed
From Adelaide High School Magazine, Michaelmas, 1914, p 7-9
Corporal Lewis H. Lewin entered the School in 1910. After spending some time in
the office of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company he decide to prepare himself for the
entrance examination of the Royal Military College, Duntroon. With that end in view he
returned to school. The outbreak of the war was followed by the postponement of the
examination, and Lewin immediately offered himself as a volunteer
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