HEWISH, William Norbert
| Service Number: | 3139 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Gooram, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Euroa, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Euroa, Victoria, Australia, 1980, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Euroa Telegraph Park |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3139, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3139, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3139, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, From 2nd Field Company Engineers | |
| 11 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 3139, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Wounds to the right arm and foot | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Field Company Engineers | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3139, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Second occasion. Gassed | |
| 6 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3139, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Name search on NAA website his name as William Herbert Hewish, internal documents are under correct name
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 Australia on 6 May 1920 having served with the 12th Field Artillery Brigade and Francis Ivo Hewish who returned to Australia on 23 December 1918 having served with the 2nd Field Company Engineers
Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT City of Poon disembarking on 6 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1925c William married Mary Ellen Kennedy in VictoriA