Fragments of the First AIF - Pte Maurice Lewis Aarons

The story of a Melbourne-born pearler from Broome, WA, and some of the stories he left in the hills above Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.

Episode 4: Pte Maurice Lewis Aarons

Sources:

• Service record

• ‘Obituary: Mr Lewis Aarons,’ The Evening Star, 8 December 1911, p.3

• ‘A Notable Visitor,’ The Evening Star, 19 October 1909, p.1  

• ‘Visit of Mr Lewis Aarons,’ Kalgoorlie Miner, 18 October 1909, p.3

• ‘Capt. Lewis’ Thrilling Experience: Good News to Anxious Friends,’ The Daily News, 2 May 1908, p.13

• ‘Hurricane at Broome: Fleets Wrecked – Many Fatalities,’ The Sun, 27 November 1910, p.16

• 'Notice is Hereby Given’, Nor-West Echo, 13 November 1915, p.7

• ‘Koombana Wreck: Death and Divorce,’ The Bendigo Independent, 20 November 1912, p.8  

• Museum of Western Australia

• ‘The Nor’-West Cyclone,’ Kalgoorlie Western Argus, 2 April 1912, p.31

• ‘From the Front,’ Nor-West Echo., 22 April 1916, p.8

• Red Cross Wounded & Missing File

• ‘From the Front, Nor-West Echo, 23 October 1915, p.10