HEWETT, Clarence Frank
| Service Number: | 6923 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Keili, South Australia, 5 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mundoora, Barunga West, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Crystal Brook, South australia, 13 June 1955, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Keilli Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Mundoora War Memorial, Port Broughton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 6923, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 6923, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by tony griffin
Clarence was the son of Arthur and Alice (nee Freeman) Hewett of Mundoora. He was born at Keili on 5 May 1895. A farmer, Clarence was 22 years old when he enlisted in Adelaide on 11 September 1917.
Clarence was appointed to 20 Reinforcements 27 Battalion which entrained to Melbourne from where it embarked aboard HMAT A60 “Aeneas” on 30 October 1917 and disembarked at Liverpool on 27 December. While at sea he was admitted to hospital with mumps. As a reinforcement for 48 Battalion he proceeded overseas to France where he was taken on strength of that Battalion on 6 April 1918.
Clarence returned to England on 18 June 1919 and embarked for Australia aboard “Swakopmund”. He disembarked in Adelaide on 30 June and was discharged on 10 September 1919.
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