Lewis VAN REETH

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Service Number:	22323
Enlisted:	10 November 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	14th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Antwerp, Belgium, 22 September 1896
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rigger
Memorials:

10 Nov 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 22323, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
30 Apr 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 22323, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
30 Apr 1918:	Embarked Sapper, 22323, Field Company Engineers, SS Port Darwin, Sydney
5 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 14th Field Company Engineers, In the field
4 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 22323, 14th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was Nicholson Street, Balmain, NSW.

Son of Bernard Van Reeth of Napolean-Skui, Antwerp, Belgium.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 11 September 1919

Medal: British War Medal