News has been received in Timaru that Harold Lewis, who left for the front as a member of the Ambulance Corps, had died at sea from pneumonia. He was twenty years of age and was the only son of the late Mr John Lewis, nurseryman, of Maori Hill. He was a bright lad and was learning the engineering trade. He took a very keen interest in ambulance work, in which he was exceptionally well up, and as soon as the war broke out he determined to go to the front to serve his country. He had some difficulty at first in getting away, but with patriotic enthusiasm he persisted in his application and finally was selected. He was a very popular young man, and his death at sea will be deplored by all who knew him, while general sympathy will be extended to his mother and sister. The Hon James Allen. Minister of Defence, telegraphed to Mrs Lewis on Saturday expressing his deep sympathy with her on the loss of her son. -Lyttelton Times, 2/12/1914.
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