Neil Albert (Ned) LEWIS

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Service Number:	VX71782
Enlisted:	12 January 1942, Caulfield, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 29 August 1919
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 1 December 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot U. Row C. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Albury 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion Albury's Own Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ouyen War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX71782
12 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX71782, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, Caulfield, Vic.

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