LEWIS, Frederick James
| Service Number: | 2357 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Freestone, Queensland, Australia, April 1884 |
| Home Town: | Yalangur, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2357, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2357, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2357, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 22 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 14th Light Horse Regiment, ER Sergeant on discharge |
Pte Frederick James Lewis
From Peter Barnes
Photograph is of Private Frederick James Lewis and his mother, Keturah Lewis, of Toowoomba.
Private Lewis was one of 11 children, six of whom enlisted and served in the Light Horse and all returned to Australia.
In Australia, we have been fortunate to have experienced many decades of relative peace in the world, compared to WW1 and WW2.
Having raised children and see them grow into adulthood without facing the prospect of world war like what our ancestors did, makes me feel very grateful. I could not imagine the grief and worry many of our past relatives would have gone through in WW1 and WW2.
Keturah Lewis would have most likely seen all the columns of names in newspapers of the dead from WW1 being constantly published. It must have been a very stressful time for her worrying about her six sons.
Submitted 6 July 2019 by Evan Evans
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