Arthur Thomas HEWETT DCM, CdG

HEWETT, Arthur Thomas

Service Numbers: 263, W68183
Enlisted: 14 April 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train
Born: Korong Vale, Vic., 18 September 1891
Home Town: West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Waggon Builder
Died: 12 January 1966, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia
Memorials: Port Wakefield Memorial Arch
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World War 1 Service

14 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 263, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train
4 Jun 1915: Involvement 263, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
4 Jun 1915: Embarked 263, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

7 Jun 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W68183

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Ephraim and Alice HEWETT, Kunjin, Western Australia

Distinguished Conduct Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at a critical moment during the firing of a barrage by his battery. A shell having burst near a gun and caused casualties which would have affected the barrage, he ran to the rescue and worked the gun until more men arrived.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219
Date: 20 December 1917
 

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 91
Date: 23 July 1919

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