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HEWITT, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1675 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Hereford, England., 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ayr, Burdekin, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1675, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1675, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 1675, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1675 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1892 Hewitt William Hereford 6a 497
He was 25 and the son of William and Annie Dorothy Hewitt, of Barroll House, Hereford, England.
He is rememnered on the war memorial in Hereford Cathedral.