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HEWISH, Francis Ivo
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3229 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Oxley, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Euroa, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Euroa Telegraph Park |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 3229, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Driver, 3229, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Driver, 3229, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Borda, Melbourne | |
| 23 Feb 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Field Company Engineers, From 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 21 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3229, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Alfred Hewish and Emma Louise Hewish nee Merry of Frost Street, Euroa, Victoria.
Brother of Glen Arthur Stanley Hewish who returned to on 6 May 1920 Australia having served with the 12 Field Artillery Brigade and William Norbett Hewish who returned to Australia on 6 May 1919 having served with the 2nd Field Company Engineers
Commenced return to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Durham disembarking on 23 December 1918
Medals: !914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal