HEWITT, Walter
| Service Number: | 1760 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oldham England, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pitcher setter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye Sp. Mem. 25. Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT , Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1760, 7th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1892 Hewitt Walter Oldham 8d 632
However, there is a source which staes Walter was born in Bolton in 1893.................
[Births Jun 1893 Hewitt Walter Bolton 8c 563]
-and that his parents moved to Oldham. His attestation record shows his place of birth as being the Parish of St John's, Oldham.
On the 1901 census, he is shown at 12 School Street, Bury, Lancashire, i.e. neither Oldham nor Bolton. He emigrated to Australia prior to the 1911 census.
He was 22 and the son of James William and Alice Ann Hewitt [nee Winder], of 2, Granville St., Chadderton, Lancs., England.
He is remembered on the war memorial panelling in St James' Church, Barry Street, Greenacres, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL1 3AG, England
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