Born: 23rd November 1897, at Symmons Plains (Perth) Tasmania, Australia
Died: 27th December 1943, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
– buried in the Cornelian Bay cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania
Religion: Anglican
Parents: Sir Neil Elliott Lewis & Lady Lina Henrietta Lewis (nee Youl)
Wife: Amy Stewart Hungerford
Married: at St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania (7th December 1927)
Education: Leslie House School, Hobart, Tasmania
University of Tasmania – LL.B. (Batchelor of Laws) in 1922
– LL.M. (Master of Laws) in 1925
– LL.D. (Doctor of Laws) in 1930
Admitted as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court in July 1922
His occupations: Geologist (1913-1943) Tasmania, Australia
Army officer (1916-1943) Federal, Australia
Solicitor (1922-1943) Tasmania, Australia
Academic (1925,1927-1931) Tasmania, Australia
Liberal/Conservative Politician (1932-1941) Tasmania, Australia
Member of Lower House (1932-1934, 1937-1941) Tasmania, Australia
Working Life: Joined the family firm of Lewis, Hudspeth, Perkins & Dear in 1924
Acting Professor of Law at the University of Tasmania in 1925 & 1930
Lecturer in Geology at the University of Tasmania from 1927-1931
Books published: Text Book of Australian Bankruptcy Law (Hobart, 1928)
Australian Military Law (1936) based on his doctoral thesis
The Geology of the Hobart District (completed in 1939)
which was published posthumously in 1946 (edited by Dr D.E. Thomas)
Army career: Cadet-Lieutenant (at school)
Joined the Australian Imperial Force
Commissioned Second Lieutenant in field artillery in September 1916
Joined the 1st Field Artillery Brigade in October 1917
Served in France in 1917-1919
Won the Military Cross in September 1918 (during the capture of the Hindenburg Line)
Joined 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade after WWI, commanding it as
Lieutenant-Colonel in 1933-1938.
District Manpower Officer for Tasmania in 1939-1940
Commanded the 6th Garrison Battalion in 1942-1943
Interests: Natural History (Geology)
Parliament – elected to the House of Assembly as a National party member for
Denison in 1932
Trustee of the Tasmanian Museum, Art Gallery & Botanical Gardens throughout 1925-1940
Joined the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1919
Member of the Anglican Synod
