Lewis Conrad KLUG MM

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KLUG, Lewis Conrad

Service Number:	2676
Enlisted:	12 January 1916, Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charlton, Victoria, Australia, November 1895
Home Town:	Queenscliff, Victoria
Schooling:	Queenscliff State School no. 2373 & Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed In Action, Harbonnieres, France, 9 August 1918
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 18
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queenscliff Lieut KLUG Memorial Plaque, Queenscliff St. George's Anglican Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

12 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Geelong, Victoria
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, 2676, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, 2676, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
2 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2676, 29th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW to head (slight).
2 Mar 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17
30 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion, France
9 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion, Promoted Sergeant on 5 July 1917. Promoted 2nd Lieutenant on 1 June 1918.
29 Jul 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", Morlancourt
9 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-09

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Biography

"PERSONAL.

It is with profound regret that we announce that 2nd Lieut. Lewis Klug, M.M., has been killed in action in France. The ill-news came to hand early in the week, Mr and Mrs Klug having been officially intimated that Lewis had been killed on Aug. 9th. The young soldier left Queenscliff about two and a-half years ago, and proceeded to France about six months afterwards, where he gained the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery. He was afterwards transferred to a Military Instruction School in England, where he prepared himself as an officer. As a lad he attended the State School and afterwards the Geelong Grammar School. For some time he was in Queensland, acquiring knowledge of pastoral pursuit. Lewis was an expert at swimming, football and tennis, and a valued member of the local clubs. The deepest sympathy is expressed for ex-Cr. and Mrs Klug in their bereave- ment, and whose second son, Pte Cecil Klug, with the A.M.C., has just reached England." - from the Queenscliff Sentinel, Drysdale, Portarlington, Sorrento Advertiser 24 Aug 1918 (nla.gov.au)

"LIEUTENANT LEWIS KLUG, M.M.

Lieutenant Lewis Klug has been killed in action in France. He was a native of Charlton, and a son of Mr. L. Klug, who at one time owned the East Charlton Hotel, but enlisted from Geelong. Lieut. Klug was a nephew of Mrs. Vantier, of the Bank of Australasia, Charlton. In March last he was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery." - from the Bendigonian 29 Aug 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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