| Accession Number | P09291.386 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c March 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 1705 Private (Pte) Roy Phillis Lewis, 50th Battalion. A farmer from Port ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1705 Private (Pte) Roy Phillis Lewis, 50th Battalion. A farmer from Port Broughton, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Adelaide on 11 April 1916 aboard HMAT Aeneas (A60) for Egypt. The battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916. He was hospitalised in mid-January 1917 due to illness and evacuated to England for treatment and recuperation before he was able to rejoin his unit at Ploegsteert Wood, in early July 1917. Pte Lewis was killed in action at Westhoek Ridge, Belgium, on 27 September 1917. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on a special memorial for eight casualties known, or believed, to be buried in the Aeroplane Cemetery near Ypres, Belgium. He was aged 22 years.