Clarence Garvey HEWISH

Badge Number: 91058
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HEWISH, Clarence Garvey

Service Numbers: 3259, S212155
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
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World War 1 Service

7 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3259, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Snowtown, SA
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
1 Mar 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, 33 Garrison Battalion (SA)

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Biography 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