Victor Walter Leslie HEWSON

Regimental number54364
OccupationClerk
Next of kinFather, S W Hewson, 7 Richmond Street, Petone, Wellington
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 7 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXXIII, Row E, Grave No 26), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sidney William and Leah Hewson, 7 Richmond Street, Petone
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 7

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