George Edward Lewis (SN 6648) born in Ballarat, had just resigned as a state school teacher when he enlisted in Melbourne on May 23rd 1916. He was aged 29 and married with three children. Allotted to the 8th Infantry Battalion, he embarked aboard the Nestor on October 2nd bound for England. In September he crossed to the Western Front battlefields. He was wounded in action in December, suffering gunshot wounds to his arm and hand, and was evacuated to hospital. He was able to rejoin his unit in March 1918 but he was wounded again just a month later. He suffered serious shrapnel wounds to his leg and was evacuated to hospital in England where it was decided he should be returned to Australia. He returned aboard the Arawa, disembarked at Melbourne on November 17th 1918 and was discharged medically unfit on March 5th.