Tom Eldridge Lewis

Forenames

Tom Eldridge AWMM

Surname

Lewis AWMM

Service number

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

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

24 Apr 1879 AWMM
London, England AWMM

Address before enlistment

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

Next of kin

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

Relationship status

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

War

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

Campaign

1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

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

Medals and Awards

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

Enlistment

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

Embarkation details

• 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

Medical notes

• 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

Last rank

• 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

Death

9 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  40 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Memorial name

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

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• 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

References

• 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.