Tom Eldridge Lewis

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Tom Eldridge AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Lewis AWMM

Nama Hōia

• 9243 AWMM
• 6/283 AWMM
• WWI 6/283 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

24 Apr 1879 AWMM
London, England AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• WW1 Pre 14 Apr 1902 AWMM Pahiatua, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Upper Matakitaki, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• WW1 Mr O. Lewis (father), Pahiatua, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 William Lewis (father), 9 Patanga Crescent, Tinakori Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Pakanga

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

• 9243 AWMM
• 6/283 AWMM
• WWI 6/283 AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Queen's South Africa Medal (South Africa 1902 clasp) AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Te urunga

• South Africa 14 Apr 1902 AWMM
  Age  25 AWMM
  Miner/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 15 Aug 1914 AWMM
  Age  35 AWMM
  Miner/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• South Africa 19 Apr 1902 AWMM
  Norfolk AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
• WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Norfolk AWMM Private AWMM 10th New Zealand Mounted Rifles. South Island Regiment. F Squadron AWMM 10th Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 7 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  11 stone AWMM
• Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
  full upper denture AWMM
• Other, Unknown Period AWMM
  Right big toe, lost first joint AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Reported wounded, gws abdomen 7 August 1915 AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

• South Africa Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 10th Contingent, South Island Regiment AWMM
• WW1 Private AWMM
  Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Sarah Elizabeth Lewis and William Allenworth Lewis of 9, Patanga Crescent, Tinakori Rd., Wellington, New Zealand. Native of London, England.

He is commemorated on one of the bells, given by his sisters and brothers for the National War Memorial Carillon, Wellington. Brothers Samuel Lees Eldridge Lewis, Tom Eldridge Lewis and Watkin Eldridge Lewis are commemorated on the same bell.

Buried at Sea AWMM

Matenga

9 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  40 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• National War Memorial Carillon, 41 Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20521470
  Further Reference
• Ministry of Culture and Heritage. The National War Memorial, The Carillon, Hall of Memories, The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, National War Memorial Park, Wellington.
  http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/national-war-memorial
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 417
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.