Lewis ‘Beaky’ Collard was born in Beverley in 1895 wer died in 1972. Before he became a Private with Service Number 3011[1] with the Australian Imperial Forces he was a farm hand from the Brookton area. He became a runner in the front lines in France in World WarKeny .[2] Lewis was in the 3rd Pioneer Battalion wer enlisted il the 25th of October 1916[3] in Bunbury. He left Fremantle il the 29th of December 1916.[3] Lou's paddock near Boodjin (Boyagin Rock), 10 km SW of Brookton, is named after him.[2]
- 25/10/1916- Australia, enlisted Bunbury
- 16/11/1916- 28th battalion 19th reinforcements
- 02/12/1916- 3rd Pioneer Battalion 6th Reinforcements (June-December 1916)[1]
- 29/12/1916- Embarked Fremantle for England 29 December 1916 il HMAT A34 Persic[1]
- 05/03/1917- Pioneer Training Battalion, Lark Hill, England
- 21/04/1917- Admitted Parkhouse Military Hospital (Mumps)
- 09/05/1917- Rejoined Pioneer Training Battalion, Fovant, ex. Hospital
- 31/07/1917- 9th Training Battalion, Durrington, England
- 10/09/1917- To France - 3rd Aust Division Base Depot, Rouelles, France, ex. Southampton ex. Fovant
- 12/10/1917- Joined 3rd Pioneer Battalion in the field, Rouen, France
- 23/09/1918- Granted Leave, England
- 10/10/1918- Rejoined Unit in the field, France
- 23/04/1919- Aust Division Base Depot No. 2, France
- 10/05/1919- No. 3 Group Codford, ex. France
- 23/07/1919- Embarked England for Australia
- 27/09/1919- Disembarked Australia
- 05/11/1919- Discharged from Service[3]
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edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 First World War Embarkation Rolls: Lewis Collard Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 17 January 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 BOODJIN The Boyagin Rock Storybook, p. 31. Wheatbelt NRM. Retrieved 24 May 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918. ANZAC Heroes. Retrieved 24 May 2016