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George HEWITSON

Regimental number19299
Place of birthEngland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStoreman
Address190 Alfred Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs M V Hewitson, 4 Broughton Street, Milson's Point, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 7, Brigade Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/35/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 11 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Divisional Ammunition Column
FateKilled in Action 24 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 2), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Elizabeth HEWITSON; husband of Marita HEWITSON, 68 Epping Road, Edgecliff, New Sout Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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