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Lewin Edward Walpole
Australian Serjeant 2nd Bde. Australian Field Artillery 23 Bathurst, New South Wales 22 august 1917 Son of J. T. and Eliza Lewin, of Fifth Avenue, Hyde Park, Lidcombe, New South Wales Single French polisher 5'6" = 1.67 m 11 stone = 69.8 kg Fair complexion Fair Blue None Church of England Distinguished Conduct Medal Reninghelst New Military Cemetery Plot III , Row A , Stone 11 
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London Gazette 22 october 1917 , Australia Gazette 23 may 1918
'For conspicious gallantry and devotion to duty.
While under heavy machine gun and shell fire which had knocked out the whole of his detachment, except one gunner , he kept his gun in action , displaying the greatest coolness and courgae throughout .
He was slightly wounded at the time and had to be ordered away from the position to have his wounds dressed.
'For conspicious gallantry and devotion to duty.
While under heavy machine gun and shell fire which had knocked out the whole of his detachment, except one gunner , he kept his gun in action , displaying the greatest coolness and courgae throughout .
He was slightly wounded at the time and had to be ordered away from the position to have his wounds dressed.
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24 august 1914 26 september 1914 4 april 1915 28 october 1915 25 december 1915 9 march 1916 12 march 1916 21 march 1916 27 march 1916 15 may 1916 3 september 1916 14 december 1916 12 april 1917 13 april 1917 9 may 1917 31 july 1917 22 august 1917 |
Joined as Bombardier at Sydney and posted to the 1st Bde. Ammmunition Column. Embarked at Sydney per HMAT 'Pera' Joined the M.E.F. Promoted Acting Corporal at Alexandria , Egypt Attached to the Mobile Section , Suez Road Camp Promoted Temporary Corporal at Tel-el-Kebir , Egypt Confirmed Corporal Embarked at Alexandria , Egypt Disembarked at Marseille , France Taken on strength 1st Divisional Ammunition Column Appointed Acting Serjeant without pay. Confirmed Serjeant Transferred to the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade Taken on strength and posted to 4th Battery Transferred to 6th Battery Wounded in action but remained in duty in Flanders Killed in action |
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Linton James
Australian Gunner 1st Bde. Australian Field Artillery 32 Sydney, New South Wales 21 july 1917 Son of John and Martha Linton, of "Lindisfarne," Hilltop Crescent, Manby, New South Wales Single Sydney High School Insurance Clerk - AMP Society 5'7" = 1.70 m 133 lbs = 60.3 kg Fair complexion Brown Blue None Church of England Reninghelst New Military Cemetery Plot III , Row D , Stone 10 |
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29 october 1915 29 february 1916 9 march 1916 22 march 1916 28 march 1916 15 may 1916 4 december 1916 24 january 1917 21 july 1917 |
Joined in Perth , Western Australia , 4th Reinforcements , 2nd Field Artillery Brigade Taken on strength and posted to N°3 Section , Cairo Taken on strength 23rd Battery, Tel-el-Kebir Embarked at Alexandria , Egypt Disembarked at Marseille , France Transferred to the 21st Field Artillery Brigade Promoted Temporary Bombardier Transferred to 1st Brigade Ceases to hold rank and reverts to Gunner Killed in action An eye witness account , Bomb. Dickson , 3rd Battery , 1st Bde. 'I saw him killed at Zillebeke Lake . He was hit by shell fire in the head and stomach , death being instantaneous. I carried him away from the Battery and he was taken to the Cemetery at 'Reninghurst' |
