TRETHEWIE, Hubert Roy
| Service Number: | 73 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Evandale, Tasmania, Australia , 13 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Evandale, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 10 August 1970, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
White Hills (Uniting Church) Cemetery, White Hills, Tasmania, Australia |
| Memorials: | Evandale Municipality Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 73, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 73, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 73, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 4 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 73, 40th Infantry Battalion, France - Gassed | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 73, 40th Infantry Battalion, France - GSW right ankle | |
| 12 May 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 73, 40th Infantry Battalion, per HT Gaika | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 73, 40th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Hubert was the ninth of eleven children of Henry Rowe Trethewie JP (born 1851 in Launceston, Tasmania) and second wife Emily Maria Talbot (born 1862 in Evandale, Tasmania). Henry - a Farmer - and Emily married in 1879 in Evandale, Tasmania, where they settled and raised their family. Henry was regarded as a fine horseman, was a judge at horse and cattle shows, and a breeder and exhibitor of horses and cattle. He served as a JP and was a member of the Evandale Municipal Council.
Hubert was a Farmer at Evandale, Tasmania when he enlisted in the AIF in March 1916. In his Attestation Papers he stated that he had served as a Lance Corporal with the 26th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry. Hubert served as a Private and Lieutenant (Service No:73) with 40th Australian Infantry Battalion and WiA on two occasions in France - Gassed in June 1917, and suffered a severe gunshot wound to the right ankle in March 1918. He was Discharged in September 1918. Son Henry (Harry) Roy Trethewie (Corporal, RAAF, Service No:428032) and Sons-in-Law Geoffrey Allen (Flight Sergeant, RAAF, Service No:428170) and Harry Owen Crocker (Leading Aircraftman, RAAF, Service No:88744) served in WWII.
Hubert returned to Evandale where in 1921 he married Elizabeth Margaret Fairbairn Lindsay (born 1895 in Evandale, Tasmania). Hubert and Elizabeth settled in Evandale where Hubert was a Farmer and Pastoralist. Hubert died in 1970 and Elizabeth in 1976.
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