Joseph HEWLETT

Regimental number2318
Place of birthMaryborough, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressHoward via Maryborough, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 11.25"
Weight173 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Hewlett, Howard via Maryborough, Queensland
Enlistment date28 July 1915
Place of enlistmentRockhampton, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name3rd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Division Engineers
FateReturned to Australia 13 February 1917
Discharge date4 June 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Joined unit details, Tel el Kebir, 28 December 1915.

Transferred to 5th Division Engineers, Serapeum, 9 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 13 June 1916.

Admitted to 13th Australian Field Ambulance, 20 September 1916 (synovitis, right knee); transferred to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 25 September 1916; to 10th Casualty Clearing Station, 25 September 1916; to Ambulance Train No 25, 3 October 1916; to England, 4 October 1916 (synovitis, right knee, and fluid on knee), and admitted to Military Hospital, Chatham, 5 October 1916 (myalgia); transferred to Red Cross Hospital, Sevenoaks, 17 October 1916 (rheumatism); to 1st Australian Auxiliary hospital, Harefield, 17 January 1917; discharged on furlough, 26 January 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 2 February 1917.

Commenced return to Australia from Devonport on board HT 'Benalla', 13 February 1917; disembarked Brisbane, 10 April 1917; discharged (medically unfit: rheumatism), Brisbane, 4 June 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsAddress incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Maryborough, Victoria.
SourcesNAA: B2455, HEWLETT Joseph