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HEWITSON, Arthur
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1032 |
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Enlisted: | 15 February 1915, Queenscliff, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia, 27 February 1893 |
Home Town: | Queenscliff, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Died: | Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 4 November 1956, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Point Lonsdale Cenotaph, Queenscliff Methodist Church Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1032, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Queenscliff, Vic. | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1032, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1032, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
26 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
6 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1032, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1032, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
13 Sep 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mouquet Farm, For good service rendered at Pozieres (Mouquet Farm). | |
21 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, France | |
3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1032, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW to right arm. Evacuated to England. Rejoined unit 19 November 1917. | |
14 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1032, 22nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW to right arm (severe) sustained in front line near Ribemont, France. Evacuated to England. | |
25 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1032, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RTA 18 January 1919 and discharged as medically unfit (right arm). |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
After his return from war service, Arthur Hewitson played 4 games for Geelong Football Club in the VFL competition in 1920.