Joseph Wisby LEWIS

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Service Number:	1982
Enlisted:	13 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bathurst Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - gunshot wound to the head, 19th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 24 December 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row B, Grave 16 Rev. Durnford officiated,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon

13 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1982, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
10 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1982, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
10 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1982, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
10 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1982, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the chest invalided to Alexandria on board HS Gloucester Castle

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Son of Arthur LEWIS and Margaret Jane SILK - later known as Margaret Jane Leslie of 61 George Street, Bathurst, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal