8th Battalion
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Albert Lewis (SN 3163) born at Ballarat, was a 24 year old cook when he enlisted in Ballarat on July 26th 1915. He embarked aboard the Commonwealth on November 26th and on arrival in Egypt was allotted to the 8th Infantry Battalion. In April 1916 he reached the battlefields of the Western Front. He avoided battle wounds but was troubled by health issues including influenza, gastritis and exhaustion. He returned to Australia aboard the Plassy, disembarked at Melbourne on April 30th 1919 and was discharged on July 22nd ‘medically unfit, trench fever’.
His brother Herbert also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.
