KEWLEY, Ewan Quine
| Service Number: | 9950 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Train |
| Born: | Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom, 21 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Meningitis & Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England , 28 September 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kirk Marown (St. Runius) Churchyard, Isle of Man, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 9950, 2nd Divisional Train, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 9950, 2nd Divisional Train, HMAT Karroo, Sydney | |
| 28 Sep 1917: | Involvement Driver, 9950, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 9950 awm_unit: 31st Australian Army Service Corps Company awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-09-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Ewan Quine Kewley was born in 1890 at Douglas, Isle of Man.
He came to Australia in 1909 & enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 27th January, 1916 as a 26 year old Driver.
Driver Kewley, Service number 9950, embarked from Sydney, NSW on 5th May, 1916 & spent some weeks in Egypt before being shipped to England for further training. He arrived at the Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot in England on 21st August, 1916.
On 6th September, 1917 Driver Kewley was admitted to Military Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire with Scabies.
Driver Ewan Quine Kewley died at 1.40 am on 28th September, 1917 from Meningitis & Pneumonia.
He was buried privately in St. Runius Churchyard, Kirk Marown, Isle of Man in a family Grave. Private Kewley had not entered a Theatre of War.
[Ewan Kewley's older brother - Sergeant Charles William Kewley was wounded at Dardanelles & returned to Melbourne where he died on 1st September, 1915 from Pneumonia.]
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/kirk-marown.html
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