Pilot Officer

William Upton Hewett

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Charles Robert Hewett, and of Jane Elinor Hewett (nee Slack), of Roto-O-Rangi, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
404363
Name:
William Upton Hewett
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Date of Birth:
29 August 1912
Place of Birth: 
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Jane Elinor Hewett (mother), Roto-O-Rangi, Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on transit from Canada to England
Date of Death:
12 January 1942
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
29
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 2. Column 1.
Cemetery Location: 
Canada
William Upton Hewett
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