Lewis Oliver LE BRUN

Badge Number: S3832, Sub Branch: State
S3832

LE BRUN, Lewis Oliver

    Service Number: 1949
    Enlisted: 3 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia, 1 November 1894
    Home Town: Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia
    Schooling: Poonindie Public School
    Occupation: Farm hand
    Died: Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia, 18 December 1983, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Happy Valley Cemetery, Port Lincoln
    RSL Section Plot/Grave/Niche: 16 Row: O
    Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Port Lincoln & District Honor Roll WW1, Port Lincoln Poonindie School Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1949, 48th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    12 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1949, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
    12 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1949, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
    5 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1
    Date unknown: Wounded 1949, 48th Infantry Battalion
    Date unknown: Involvement 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

     Son of Frederick Joseph LE BRUN and Mary nee MURRAY

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Saturday 25 August 1917

    ON ACTIVE SERVICE

    Mr. J. L. LeBrun, of Louth (Bay, has been officially informed that his son, Private Lewis Oliver LeBrun, is a prisoner of war. He was previously reported missing.

    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5547188

     

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