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Tom Eldridge Lewis

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Portrait of Trooper Tom Eldridge Lewis, 15 August 1914, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 6 / 6/283 73. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Trooper Tom Eldridge Lewis, 15 August 1914, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 6 / 6/283 7 …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tom Eldridge AWMM
  • Surname
    Lewis AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 9243 AWMM
    • 6/283 AWMM
    • WWI 6/283 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 April 1879 AWMM London, England AWMM
    London, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW1 Pre 14 April 1902 AWMM Pahiatua, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 Pre 15 August 1914 AWMM Upper Matakitaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Mr O. Lewis (father), Pahiatua, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 William Lewis (father), 9 Patanga Crescent, Tinakori Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 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

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  • Death
    9 August 1915 AWMM
    Age 40 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 417 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM

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14 September 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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