Thomas, Lewis

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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Thomas, Lewis M.M. Service Number 4570

Killed in Action 18th September 1918 France

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Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

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NAME Thomas, Lewis

SERVICE NO 4570

UNIT 3rd

Battalion/ 14th Reinfs./61

st Btn

RANK L/Cpl

AGE at Enlistment 26 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Mt Egerton, Victoria

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Railway Employee

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 3 Oct 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Holdsworthy NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Mary Ann Thomas, 32 Maitland St., Geelong West. Vic/ 14 Dover Rd., Nth., Williamstown. Vic

Father;- Joseph Thomas, as above

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’8½”. Weight-162lbs. Chest 35”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Fair.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES 2 Jul 1918- L/Cpl

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 17 Aug 1916 GSW L/Hand- France

DIED 18 Sept 1918- France

BURIED

MEDALS British War Medal-30118, Victory Medal-29936. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-352525.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS 1 YMCA Wallet, 1 note book, letters, cards/

WILL Beneficiary;- Mother

CORRESPONDENCE Mother /

REMARKS Military Medal Awarded/ London Gazette 21 Oct 1918 & Australian Gazette no 23 dated 12 Feb 1919/

Military Medal (M.M.) (Level 3 Gallantry Award) Instituted on 25

th March 1916 (and backdated to 1914).

The Military Medal was awarded to other ranks of the British Army and Commonwealth Forces. It was an award for gallantry and devotion to duty when under fire in battle on land. On the reverse of the medal is inscribed “For Bravery in the Field”. Recipients of the medal are entitled to use the letters M.M. after their name. The Military Medal is the British Army equivalent of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.), the Distin-guished Flying Medal (D.F.M.) and the Air Force Medal (A.F.M.).

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3002109

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