LEWIS, Herbert James

Name – LEWIS, Herbert James
Born – 28/03/1878
Died – 1/01/1951
Location – No 54 Methodist Section
Mother – Catherine William
Father – William George Lewis

Notes – Herbert came to Australia when he was five years old and spent his life working for the Queensland Railways and his faith.

He married Eliza May Fowler on December 1, 1902 and they had 4 children who were known as Myrtle (Evelyn), Roy (Herbert), Claude (Vincient) and Wilbur (Forbes).

His census records are 1925 Emerald Railway Station Master. 1928 to 1943 Southport Railway Station Master. Then a career change saw him from 1946 to his death in 1951 as the Methodist Minister in Tara at the Parsonage, Condamine Street, Tara, clergyman. His sudden death was a loss to the Tara district.

He shares a grave with his wife who died in 1970. The headstone reads – In loving memory of our dear Dad Herbert James Lewis 28.3.1879 to 1.1.1951.

Newspaper Article – Obituary

War Service File  –

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