Hewitt family papers, 1562-1992, compiled 198- - 1992

MLMSS 5679/Boxes 1-12
MLMSS 5679/Box 13X
MLMSS 5679/Box 11/Item 6X

fonds

1562-1992, compiled 198- - 1992

890325

1.65 metres of textual material (12 boxes and 2 outsize items) - manuscript, typescript, printed

Thomas Cotgrave Hewitt, a science master of Toowoomba, Queensland enlisted in the AIF on 17 April 1915 and served as Captain with the 26th Battalion at Gallipoli and in France, where he was killed in action, 29 July 1916.

Gunner Hubert Deane Hewitt, cattle station manager of Bundaberg, Queensland, joined the AIF on 4 August 1915. He served with the 5th Light Horse Regiment and the 53rd Battalion in Egypt and France, where he was wounded in October 1917. He returned to Australia on 16 December 1917.

Includes letters from Tom Hewitt, written while on active service in Egypt, Gallipoli, Belgium and France, 1915-1916, and from Deane Hewitt on active service in Egypt and France, 1915-1917.

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I letters