Sidney LEWIS

Regimental number6/4291
OccupationShop assistant
Next of kinMother, Mrs Rebecca Lewis, 10 Alexandra Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 5 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialLonguenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No 17), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Rebecca and the late Thomas Lewis, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 12

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