Surname:
marcks
Reg No:
5091
Given Names:
lewis hewson
Contingent:
Eighth
Rank:
private
Unit:
North Island Regiment - A squadron
County/City:
wellington
Occupation:
labourer
Ship:
surrey 1 february 1902
Address:
care of a berman lambton quay wellington
Relationship to Soldier:
father
Notes:
He appears on the Maheno cemetery war memorial - though first name given as 'Louis'.
His service record confirms Lewis Hewson Marcks, though the Archway record has his middle name as "Dawson'.
This newspaper report says he died from pneumonia caught on board the troopship Britannic - this was after he had returned from South Africa to Wellington.
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