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HEWISH, Clarence Garvey
Service Numbers: | 3259, S212155 |
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Enlisted: | 7 March 1916, Enlisted at Snowtown, SA |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 33 Garrison Battalion (SA) |
Born: | Lochiel, South Australia, 25 December 1890 |
Home Town: | Snowtown, Wakefield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Port Adelaide Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 24 April 1966, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: | Lochiel District Honour Roll, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1, Snowtown & District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
7 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3259, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Snowtown, SA | |
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27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 3259, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide | |
9 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3259, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the shoulder. Transferred to England on 18 December 1916 aboard HS St. Denis | |
23 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 70th Infantry Battalion, From 32nd Battalion | |
28 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, From 70th Battalion | |
12 Dec 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3259, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion | |
8 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3259, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third occasion | |
21 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3259, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
World War 2 Service
28 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, S212155 | |
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1 Mar 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, 33 Garrison Battalion (SA) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter Hewish and Catherine Priscilla Richards formely Hewish nee Garvey of Snowtown
Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1919 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarkiing on 5 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 29 October 1921 Clarence married Olive Alice Anderson in the Gawler Catholic Church, SA
At the time of his death he was living in Alberton, SA