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Reginald Wilfred Hewetson

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Wilfred Frost Hewetson and May Anstey Hewetson, of Te Kopuru.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

(P.A.) WHANGAREI, This Day. Sergeant Reginald Wilfred Hewetson (22), of Te Kopuru, was killed, and Sergeant Eric Petchell (26). injured, when an Army truck skidded in loose metal near Hikurangi last evening.

Hewetson was pinned under the truck and was not extricated for 20 minutes.

EVENING POST, VOLUME CXXXIII, ISSUE 62, 14 MARCH 1942, PAGE 8

 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
1/10/645
Name:
Reginald Wilfred Hewetson
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
New Zealand Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Motor Vehicle Accident
Date of Death:
13 March 1942
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Dargaville (Old Mount Wesley) Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
130. 4.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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