Thomas, Lewis

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Thomas, Lewis Allen M.M.

Service Service Number Number 1494 4570 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 18th September 1918 Gallipoli Peninsula France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Thomas, Lewis

SERVICE NO

4570

UNIT

3rd Battalion/ 14th Reinfs./61st 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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Holdsworthy NSW

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 DESCRIPTION

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 & Scroll352525.

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 25th 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 Distinguished 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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