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Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Eugene Murray Lewis
Regimental Number:
469278
Rank:
Private
Service:
64th Battalion/25th Battalion “A” Company
Date of Birth:
April 23, 1896
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Trade:
Painter
Marital Status:
Single
Date of Enlistment:
August 27, 1915
Place of Enlistment:
Sussex, New Brunswick
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment:
19
Height:
5 Feet, 5 Inches
Complexion:
Medium
Eye Colour:
Blue
Hair Colour:
Black
Marital Status:
Single
Trade:
Painter
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
George M Lewis (Father) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Date of Death:
April 29, 1917
Age at Death:
21
Memorial:
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Commemorated on Page 275 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 17
Eugene Lewis was the son of George Murray Lewis (1863-1937) and Elizabeth Lewis (1863-1914).
He enlisted at Sussex, New Brunswick on August 27, 1915 with the 64th Battalion and departed for England
aboard the SS Adriatic on March 31, 1916. He arrived in Liverpool, England on April 9, 1916 and was
transferred to the 25th Battalion on June 29, 1916 at Shorncliffe Camp.
He joined the 25th Battalion in the field on July 29, 1916.
On the 29 April 1917 Private Lewis was listed as missing in action during an attack south east of Mont Foret
Quarries, east of Vimy.
A letter written by Lieutenant Charles Trask to his parents in Yarmouth provided information on the death of
Private Lewis. Lieutenant Trask arrived in the line on April 29, 1917.
The body was never recovered and Private Lewis is listed on the Vimy Memorial, France.
Eugene Murray Lewis
...one of my corporals found Eugene Lewis’s body a few nights before we came out of the
trenches and also that of another Yarmouth boy, A. Muise. They were both killed instantly and
within a few yards of each other. We had them buried that night in the usual manner. Some day I
hope to be able to tell his people exactly where he is. ...