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LEWIS, Walter Owen

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(Pte) Walter Owen Lewis

Corporal Walter Owen Lewis 3795, an Engineering surveyor from Semaphore, South Australia, prior to enlistment 19 July 1916 aged 34, he embarked with the 5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 10 from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917.

Regimental number	3795
Religion	Congregational
Occupation	Engineering surveyor
Address	Semaphore, South Australia
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	34
Next of kin	Mother, Mrs E Lewis, Percy Street, Semaphore, South Australia
Enlistment date	19-Jul-16
Rank on enlistment	Private
Unit name	5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number	14/17/4
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll	Private
Unit from Nominal Roll	5th Pioneer Battalion
Fate	Returned to Australia 4 July 1919

ID number    PB0058
Collection    Photograph
Object type    Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Photographer    Barnes, Josiah
Place made    Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne
Date made    30 October 1917

Description

Members of the 5th Pioneers, 10th Reinforcements prior to boarding HMAT Aeneas (A60). Identified are: second row, (sitting on his kitbag, which shows a map of Australia and his service number and smoking a cigarette) 3939 Private (Pte) Carl Tura Hergstrom, of Port Pirie, SA. Pte Hergstrom was born at Sundsvall, Sweden, and was killed in action in France on 3 July 1918 as a member of 48th Battalion. On Pte Hergstrom's left, also sitting on his kitbag is 3865 Pte William Kennedy, a farmer of Streaky Bay, West Coast, SA. Pte Kennedy was born in Balty Bay, County Monaghan, Ireland and was killed in action in France on 3 May 1918 also as a member of 48th Battalion. On the second right, crouching, 3795 Pte (Acting Sergeant) Walter Owen Lewis, engineering surveyor of Semaphore, SA. Behind and slightly right of Pte Lewis is 3944 Pte Edward Sebastian Tonkes, engineer of Ethalton, SA.