Colin Lincoln LEWIS

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Service Number:	NX16524
Enlisted:	22 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 February 1915
Home Town:	Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Truck Driving
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 12 September 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot B. Row B. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "THEY GROW NOT OLD AS WE WHO ARE LEFT GROW OLD.EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX16524
22 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX16524, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
12 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, NX16524, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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