George Arnold HEWES

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Service Number:	6559
Enlisted:	8 January 1917, Enlisted at Hurseville, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia, 1933, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican area, Row JJ, Grave 0004
Memorials:	Municipality of Hurstville Pictorial Honour Roll No 2

8 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6559, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hurseville, NSW
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 6559, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 6559, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6559, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the shoulder
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6559, 18th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the thigh. Invalided to England on 11 August 1918
14 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6559, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Samuel Hewes and Frances A. Hewes of Hurstville, NSW

Husband of Florence Lavinia Hewes nee Paine of Tavistock Road, Hurstville, NSW. George and Florence married during 1911c

Commenced return to Australia on 14 January 1919 aboard HY City of York disembarking on 27 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal