Cyril Desmond Hewson

Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William Joseph and Laura Mabel Hewson, of Thames, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Member of the Long Range Desert Group. Killed at Murzuk, Libya, when he stood to clear a jammed machine gun. His brother William Selwyn Hewson is buried in Aleppo War Cemetery, Syria.

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Casualty

Service Number:

1030

Name:

Cyril Desmond Hewson

Rank:

Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

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

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Terehape, Ngatea R.D., Thames Valley, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Labourer

Armed Force:

Army

Unit:

New Zealand Armoured Corps, Divisional Cavalry Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

11 January 1941

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Tripoli War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

12. B. 21.

Cemetery Location:

Libya