Horace Powell Hewetson

Corporal · NZ #29197 · Light Repair Section

Rank	Corporal
Service number	NZ #29197
Patrol	Light Repair Section
Record	https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/119330

What this roll records

Full name Horace Powell. General bush contracting in civilian life. Embarked/served with Artillery Reinforcements. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

LRS: "Cpl H.P. Hewetson" with Sgt W.R. Bambery, Light Repair Section workshop vehicle, 1943. Brendan O'Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa".

Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

commemorated at Rai Valley War Memorial, State Highway 6, Marlborough. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

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Where this comes from

Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 3 (Embarkations 1 Jul 1940–31 Mar 1941), p.212.

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