LEWIS, Harry King
| Service Numbers: | 1351, S56977 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 December 1914, Oaklands, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Broughton, South Australia, 23 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mason's Labourer |
| Died: | Injuries from car accident, Port Lincoln, South Australia, 14 July 1962, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Happy Valley Cemetery, Port Lincoln RSL Section https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274630788/harry-king-lewis |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1351, 12th Infantry Battalion, Oaklands, SA | |
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| 15 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1351, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1351, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Adelaide | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1351, 12th Infantry Battalion, France: GSW thigh | |
| 14 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1351, 12th Infantry Battalion, embarked England for Adelaide on board HT Burmah |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Jan 1942: | Involvement Private, S56977 | |
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| 19 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Private, Port Lincoln, SA | |
| 19 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S56977 | |
| 7 Aug 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Henry King Lewis (Service No:1351) enlisted in the AIF on 3 December 1914 and was attached to 12th Infantry Battalion when he embarked with his Unit from Adelaide for Gallipoli on 15 February 1915 on board HMAT A50 Itonus. Evacuated from Malta to England suffering Dysentry, Private Lewis served on the Western Front with 12th Infantry Battalion, and was WiA (GSW thigh) in France on 10 August 1918. Private Lewis embarked from England for Adelaide on 14 December 1918 on board HT Burmah, and was attached to 12th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 14 April 1919. In WWI, Private King (Service No:S56977) served with 4th Battalion VDC from 19 January 1942 to 7 August 1943. Son Kevin served in the Vietnam War.
Born at Port Broughton, South Australia in 1889, Harry was the only child of Thomas Edwin Lewis (b1857 in Adelaide, South Australia) and his first wife Mary Martha King (b1859 in Staffordshire, England). Thomas and Mary are believed to have married in 1883 at Port Broughton, where they raised their son and Thomas was a Mason. Following Mary's death in 1911, Thomas remarried.
Harry worked as Mason's Labourer in Port Broughton before enlisting in the Army in 1914 and, following his Discharge, married Eva Christina Ivy Blanche Morris (b1898 in Keith, South Australia) in 1919 at Port Lincoln, where they settled and raised their family. Harry worked as a Labourer and as a Railway Ganger at Port Lincoln and, in 1949, he and Eva divorced. In 1962 Harry was struck by a car as he was crossing the road, and died in hospital as a result of his injuries.
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