HEWITT, Percy
| Service Number: | 1433 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1915, 12 mths 4th George's Rifles |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plate layer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-99. 156. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1433, 13th Infantry Battalion, 12 mths 4th George's Rifles | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1433, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1433, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney | |
| 19 Jan 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1433, 13th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit, (rheumatism) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
53 years ago today, on the 27th December 1970, Private Percy Raymond Hewett, 13th Battalion (Reg No-1433), platelayer from North Sydney, New South Wales and 12 Beeston Road, North Stockton, N.S.W. (1932) and 23 Campbell Street, Newtown, N.S.W. (1935), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 76. CATHOLIC 3-99. 156.
Also spelt HEWITT.
Percy's address September 1935 was the Prince of Wales Hospital, Ward 18, Randwick, N.S.W.
Born at Gulgong, New South Wales about 1894 to Richard and Eleanor Hewett, Percy enlisted on the 4th January 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on the 11th February 1915.
Admitted to hospital in Cairo 7.6.1915 with rheumatism.
Commenced return to Australia 29.7.1915.
Percy arrived home invalided September-October? 1915, being discharged medically unfit (rheumatism) on the 19th January 1916.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Received all 3 War Medals.
Mr. Hewett’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Percy’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/commemsoawg/commemoration/viewCommemoration.html?commemorationId=NjQ4ODQz
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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