Watkin Eldridge LEWIS

Regimental number10/2208
Date of birth21 February 1876
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Address66 Bell Street, Wanganui
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38.11
Height6' 2"
Weight200 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret Lewis, 66A Bell Street, Wanganui
Previous military serviceServed in Mounted Rifles, South Africa; discharged on leaving the country; serving as Company QMS, A Company, 7th Regiment, Territorial Force, at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date15 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Margaret Lewis, 48 Clarence Street, Hamilton
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 8 August 1915, and reverted to the ranks.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Believed to be dead at Dardanelles on or about 8 August 1915'.

War service: 206 days (of which 57 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fifth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 10919416

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