Ophthalmic surgeon. Husband of Ila May Lewis (née Troutbeck). Father of Anthony, Jean, Donald, Margaret and John. In his will he asked to be buried next to his sister in Christchurch, but Christchurch officials have no record of his burial.

LEWIS, Lionel Arthur— On July 20, 1965, at his residence, 395 Trafalgar street, Nelson. Loved husband of Ila Lewis, and father of John, Margaret, Donald, Anthony and Jeane. Private cremation This Day (Wednesday), at Nelson. No flowers, please. Eventide Funeral Services, Nelson. (The Press, July 21, 1965)

Dr. Lionel Arthur Lewis, a well-known eye specialist, died at his home in Nelson recently. He was 82. Born in Te Awamutu, Dr. Lewis was the youngest son of Henry Lewis, a colourful personality at the time of the Maori wars. He was educated at King's School, Auckland, and at Auckland University College, and later entered the Edinburgh Medical School, where he qualified as a doctor in 1910. Until 1914, Dr. Lewis worked at St. George's Hospital, London. Later he served in France with the British Army, and in 1916 he was posted to the Northwest Frontier. In India, Dr. Lewis developed his interest in eye surgery. He worked with such famous men as Sir Henry Holland and performed many eye operations. However, he contracted malaria and had to return to England. In 1923, Dr. Lewis returned to New Zealand to recuperate. He was successively medical superintendent at the Pukeora Sanatorium, Waipukurau, the Waikato Hospital and the King George V Hospital, Rotorua. After eight years in Rotorua Dr. Lewis returned to London, where he qualified as an eye specialist. In 1936 he began practice in Nelson. Towards the end of the Second World War he moved to Christchurch for family reasons, and remained here for six years. He then returned to Nelson and remained in practice until his retirement in 1960. Dr. Lewis is survived by his wife and five children. (The Press, Aug. 2, 1965)