George Thomas LEWIS

Regimental number38913
OccupationTile layer
Next of kinWife, Mrs V Lewis, 114 Osborne Street, Linwood, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 23rd Reinforcements, Specialist Company, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Corinthic on 2 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No 21), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth Lewis, Christchurch; Wife: Violet Lewis, 72 Harrow Street, Linwood, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 24

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