Family name
marcks
Reg no
5091
Given name(s)
lewis hewson
Contingent
Eighth
Rank
private
Unit
North Island Regiment - A squadron
County/City
wellington
Occupation
labourer
Ship
surrey 1 february 1902
Address
care of a berman lambton quay wellington
Relationship to Soldier
father
Notes
He appears on the Maheno cemetery war memorial - though first name given as 'Louis'.
His service record confirms Lewis Hewson Marcks, though the Archway record has his middle name as "Dawson'.
This newspaper report says he died from pneumonia caught on board the troopship Britannic - this was after he had returned from South Africa to Wellington.