Lewis Albert WARREN

Regimental number26/936
Date of birth17 April 1894
Place of birthWestown, New Plymouth
SchoolNew Plymouth High School
OccupationBank clerk
Next of kinFather, Charles Warren, Spotswood, New Plymouth
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, Scouts
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Other detailsJoined the Bank of New South Wales (New Plymouth Branch), 14 March 1911; transferred to Stratford, 14 November 1911; to Inglewood, February 1912; to Wanganui, October 1912; to Auckland, 1 July 1913.
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Anastasia Warren, 347 Courtenay Street, New Plymouth
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, Somme, 5 June 1916 (gun shot wound, both legs, left knee).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 18
'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 401