Hugh Bunnett LEWERS DSO OBE MID

LEWERS, Hugh Bunnett

Other Name: Lewers, Hugh Bennett - Also known as
Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 20 August 1914
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 6 September 1889
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Medical Practitioner
Died: Barnstaple, Devon, England, 26 June 1950, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Bendigo Sandhurst Club Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1
15 Apr 1919: Honoured Commander of the Order of the British Empire
15 Sep 1919: Honoured Distinguished Service Medal
3 Sep 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Medical Corps (AIF)
9 Sep 2016: Honoured Distinguished Service Medal
10 Oct 2016: Honoured Mention in Dispatches

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Hugh Bunnett Lewers MD
Birth 9 JUN 1889 • Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Death 26 JUN 1950 • Barnstaple, Devon, England