William Selwyn Hewson

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

William Selwyn AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hewson AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Snowey AWMM

Nama Hōia

9877 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Whānautanga mai

22 May 1904 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Pre 27 Dec 1939 AWMM 168 Sealey Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr William Joseph Hewson (father), 168 Sealey Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 01 May 1940 AWMM Divorced AWMM
Divorced, 1 child AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Sinai & Palestine AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

9877 AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star AWMM
• Defence Medal AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 27 Dec 1939 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM
Painter AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps, 5 Field Ambulance AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 7.5 inches AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  blue AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  light brown AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  tanned AWMM
• Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
  Killed in motor accident AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW2 12 Jun 1942 AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps, 5 Field Ambulance AWMM

William Hewson was the son of William Joseph and Laura Mabel Hewson, of Thames

He had a son

Enlisted before 30 June 1941 AWMM

Matenga

12 Jun 1942 AWMM
Age  38 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Accidental Death AWMM

Urupā

Aleppo War Cemetery, Syria AWMM 2. A. 10. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Evening Post, 16 June 1942 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2937035
Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 86
• The Evening Post
  Evening Post, 16 June 1942
• Information kindly provided by family
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.