Lionel LEWIS

Regimental number27673
OccupationFactory hand
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Lewis, Bridge Street, Eltham, Taranaki
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 4 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialUnderhill Farm Cemetery (Row A, Grave No 5), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Harriett Lewis, Eltham
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 9