Thomas Andrew HEWISH

HEWISH, Thomas Andrew

Service Number: 13367
Enlisted: 20 September 1916
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 5th Army Service Corps
Born: Middleton, South Australia, 3 February 1890
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: East Adelaide Public School, St Alfred College & School of Mines
Occupation: Motor Mechanic
Died: Broncho pneumonia, Abbeville, France, 14 November 1918, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Middleton Soldiers Memorial Garden, Oodnadatta Old Scholars Honour Roll, St Peters Heroes War Memorial, St Peters Spicer Memorial Church Honour Roll to the Fallen of the Great War, St Peters Spicer Memorial Church Stained Glass Window Honor Roll WW1 (2), St. Peters East Adelaide Public School Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 13367, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies
22 Sep 1916: Involvement Driver, 13367, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
22 Dec 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 13367, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
13 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, 13367, 5th Army Service Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 13367 awm_unit: 5th Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-11-13

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Thomas Andrew HEWISH was born in Middleton, South Australia on 3rd February, 1890

His parents were Andrew HEWISH & Priscilla Higgin FIELD

His last unit was the 5th Mechanical Transport Company ( 5th Company Australian Army Service Corp) Motorised Transport