TREWHITT H.W.

Given Names:  Harold William

Service Number:  1670

Unit:  37th Battalion, 1st reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  159734

Age:  19 Yrs   

Occupation:  Store Assistant                                                                                           

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6 In                     

Weight:  115 Lbs

Chest:  29-32 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  16/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Trewhitt

60 Derby Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                         

Embarkation Date:  27/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ascanius A11

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ascanius

Embarked:  9/2/1919                                 

Disembarked:  3/4/1919

Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  18/5/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  45753

Victory Medal:  44964

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Robert William TREWHITT          

Mother:  Emaline ANDREWS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1925     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Jean Lily REES

DEATH

Date or Year: 5/6/1960                            

Place: Sydney, New South Wales             

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 19/7/1918; gun shot wound, left forearm

Suffered trench feet December 1916

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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