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• Name THORNTON
• Initials L
• First name LEWIS
• Place of birth Melbourne
• Country Victoria, Australia
• Last residence North Richmond, Victoria
• Family Son of Lewis and Cecilia Thornton, of 35, Garfield St., North Richmond, Victoria, Australia
• Profession Driver

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 5 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
• Service number 7651
• Rank Sapper
• Medals 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 4th Signals Coy. Australian Engineers
• Army - Corps - Division 4th Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 29 March 1916, Melbourne

Death

• Wounded 28 September
• Type of wounds Died of bomb wounds head; N°17 CCS
• Date of death 28 September 1917
• Died at the age of 27
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - B - 10A

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