Lewis Herbert Amor (SN 6459) was an 18 year old labourer from Clayton Street in Ballarat East when he enlisted on August 4th 1916. He trained at Ballarat before embarking for overseas service on the Nestor on October 2nd 1916. He reached England in November and continued to train there until September 1917 when he was posted to the 23rd Battalion in France. In November 1917 he was evacuated to the Middlesex War Hospital suffering from trench feet and was unable to return to the Front. In mid-May 1918 he left England to return to Australia on the HT Ruahine, reaching Melbourne on July 5th. He died in September 1963 at the age of 64.

Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as Louis H. Amor.

William, his older brother, also served in the AIF, enlisting a year before.