Charles Arthur LEWIS

LEWIS, Charles Arthur

Service Number: 8942
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 105th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery
Born: Strathdownie, Victoria, Australia, 12 November 1893
Home Town: Strathdownie, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Stroke, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 10 March 1957, aged 63 years
Cemetery: Red Cliffs Pioneer Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

16 Nov 1915: Involvement Corporal, 8942, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
16 Nov 1915: Embarked Corporal, 8942, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne
9 Jun 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 105th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery, Further promoted to Battery Sergeant Major on 3 Dec 1916 but reverted to Sergeant on 29 June 1918 at own request.

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Biography

On discharge, Charles Arthur Lewis (8942) held the rank of Sergeant with the 5th Field Artillery Brigade. He was returned to Australia on the "Aeneas" suffering from "Indigestion" and was discharged unfit for duty. The family story was that he had been affected by drinking water tainted with mustard gas.

Biography contributed by William Lewis