
LEE, Redvers Eric
Service Number: | 4163 |
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Enlisted: | 3 February 1916, Lismore, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Lawrence, Clarence River, New South Wales, Australia, 1899 |
Home Town: | Lawrence, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Lower Southgate Public School, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Farmhand |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 July 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot VIII, Row A, Grave 8 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Grafton Lower Southgate Public School WW1 Roll of Honour, Lower Southgate War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
3 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4163, 31st Infantry Battalion, Lismore, NSW | |
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21 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4163, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
21 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4163, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
8 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4163, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4163 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Redvers Eric LEE (known as Eric) was born in Lawrence, Clarence River, NSW in 1899
His parents were Frederick John LEE & Barbara Ellen LAW who married in 1889 (registered in Maclean, NSW)
He enlisted in Lismore on 3rd February, 1916 & embarked with the 31st Infantry Battalion, 10th reinforcements on the HMAT Boonah n 21st October, 1916
He was Killed in Action in France on 8th July, 1918 and is buried in the Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery