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Westwood, Lewis Herman (1044)

Place of Birth: South Melbourne, VIC

Age: 22 years 10 months

Enlistment Details: Saturday, 12 September 1914 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 1044            view online service record

Address:
Albion Hotel, Evans Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Mrs S Hooper (mother)
Albion Hotel
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Sunday, 19 October 2014
Ship: HMAT Benalla A24
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion

Fate:
DOW: Monday, 30 August 1915
Place: on board Gloucester Castle, Gallipoli Peninsula


Private, 8 Infantry, died of wounds, 30 August, 1915, Gallipoli, aged 25, commemorated Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.

Mother: Mrs S HOOPER (previously WESTWOOD), born South Melbourne. Shown as a 23-year-old labourer when he enlisted with his mother shown c/o Albion Hotel, Port Melbourne, later adjusted to a sister, Mrs Muriel WRIGHT at Longwood, via Bendigo (with receipts witnessed by a Bessie Hooper). No circular returned; he died from a fractured skull and of wounds to the face and thigh on board the Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle while being transported back to Egypt, buried at sea. Three probable relatives linked to or born in Albert Park also enlisted: 722, Joseph Lawrence WESTWOOD, father Alfred in Boyd Street, 1047, William WESTWOOD, wife Amy in Elsternwick.; and 5433, John WESTWOOD, wife Margaret in Richardson Street, Albert Park, died in the Base Hospital, St Kilda Road and on the South Melbourne Roll.

Additional research by Brian Membrey


1915 ‘Family Notices.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 18 September, p. 2, viewed 31 August, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91164225

1 Comments

  • Brian Membrey
    Posted August 26, 2017 11.04 am 0Likes

    WESTWOOD — On the 30th August, from wounds received at Lonesome Pine, Louis Herman (Jack), eldest beloved son of Sarah Hooper, and stepson of Fred Hooper, Albion Hotel, Port Melbourne.

    WESTWOOD — On the 30th August, from wounds received at Lonesome Pine, Louis Herman (Jack), beloved brother of Muriel, Will, Edith, and Ethel.

    WESTWOOD — A tribute to the memory of our dear brother, Jack, killed in action of Lonesome Pine, on the 30th August. — Walter and Bessie Hooper, Albion Hotel, Port Melbourne.

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