HEWITT, John
(Service number 29781)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 10 Sept 1895 | Place of Birth | St Bathans, Otago |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | grocer - Irvine Stevenson | ||
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| Marital Status | single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E Hewitt (mother) 288 King Street, Dunedin | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 18th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 16 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 66, Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, D COmpany | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 24 November 1917 | Age | 22 |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of the late James Hewitt and Elizabeth McCombe (previously Hewitt). Mrs McCombe lived at 38 Williams Street, Timaru
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Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)
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