LEWIS, Cecil Burrows
| Service Number: | 2187 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goodwood, South Australia, 7 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Goodwood, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sturt Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 June 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Desplanque Farm Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Row B, Grave No. 3 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2187, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2187, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2187, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2187, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2187 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-06-06 |
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Tue 26 Sep 1916
From "C. W", Lewis, (Father) " Goodwood Park.
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Tue 26 Sep 1916
From "C. W", Lewis," Goodwood Park.
"In connection with the death of my son, killed 'in action, in France, I wrote a few verses for a memorial card, these lines, or a portion of them have very frequently been used in the death notices of other fallen heroes, but, unfortunately, the words have been inaccurately quoted, as though from memory. In order that those who wish to quote them and have not seen them as written, but have only seen the misquotation of someone else, may I ask you to kindly publish my lines in their original form."
The verses, dedicated to the late Lance-Corporal Cecil B. Lewis and all Australian heroes who have made the supreme sacrifice in France, are as follows:
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE...
Somewhere in France there's a sacred spot,
'Tis a grave, just newly made,
And it's sheltering our boy from perils and ills
With which life's battle is played.
He has finished his part, we must still keep on,
Trying, like him, to be brave;
Our sacrifice is in what we have lost,
His was in what he gave.
Somewhere in France he is laid to rest,
His life's work truly done,
A sacrifice for Liberty,
Ere life had scarce begun.
We know that his presence from home is gone,
We know there's a vacant chair.
But with happy thoughts we can picture his,
As though he were really there.
Somewhere in France --no matter where--
He was just as near to Heaven
As though he had lain on his bed at home
When the signal to "Cease" was given.
He has borne his Cross, he has gained his Crown.
Though he lies in a far-off grave
And we think of his life; a duty done,
Manly, unselfish, and brave.
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