Augustus Frederick HEWETT

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HEWETT, Augustus Frederick

Service Numbers:	620, 1051
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Footscray - Service Number changed to 1051
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Williamstown State School, , Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 620, 7th Infantry Battalion, Footscray - Service Number changed to 1051
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 620, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 620, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1051, 7th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Enlisted and served as George Frederick Hewett

He was born in Williamstown, Victoria in 1888

His parents were Alfred George HEWIT & Isabella JEFFREY

He enlisted in Footscray on 22nd August, 1914 (SN 620) & his service number was altered at some stage to SN 1051

He was Killed in Action at Gallipoli on 8th August, 1915 - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Lone Pine Memorial

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