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EDWARDS, Lewis Brinley

Service Number:	1414
Enlisted:	8 January 1916, Recruitment Office - Kiama, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Mining Corps
Born:	Hengoed, Glamorgan, Wales, 24 September 1886
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Elementary School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Black Watch Shaft, France, 27 November 1916, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row C, Grave 10, Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin-Coupigny, Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1414, Mining Corps, Recruitment Office - Kiama, NSW
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 1414, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 1414, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 1414, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 1414, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
27 Nov 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 1414, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1414 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-11-27

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Lewis Brinley EDWARDS parents were Richard & Sarah EDWARDS of Ivy Cottage, Hengoed, Cardiff, Wales