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HEWES, George Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 515 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Colchester, Essex, England, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France Panel 9. The Official Point of Commemoration has been moved from the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial to V.C. CORNER AUSTRALIAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, FROMELLES- France because he was killed in action [missing] at Fromelles., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 515, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 515, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 515, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 515 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1893 Hewes George Walter Lexden 4a 591
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs George Hewes, West Mersey, near Colchester, Essex, England.
Previous military service-Royal Naval Reserve.
Enlisted on 18 August 1914 in Sydney, New South Wales
His unit, 2nd Battalion, E Company. embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914.
Age at embarkation 21