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John Paterson Hewat

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Photograph of the Otago Battalion Officers on the Western Front in France, May 1917, before the battle of Messines. Unknown provenance. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-PR-179. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Photograph of the Otago Battalion Officers on the Western Front in France, May 1917, before the batt …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Paterson AWMM
  • Surname
    Hewat AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/2485 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Knox College, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    E.C. Hewat (father), Riverton, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/2485 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Otago, New Zealand AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • John Hewat was the son of E. C. and J. W. Hewat, of Riverton, New Zealand. Also served at the Dardanelles. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 October 1918 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Le Cateau, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Marcoing British Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM II. E. 6. AWMM
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16 September 2022NormHavelock North NZResearcher

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