Hugh Frederick Kewley (1895 - 1915)

Ancestors

Biography

Hugh Frederick Kewley was born in 1895 in Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, the son of Emily (Cunningham) Kewley and William Henry Albert Edward Kewley.^[1]

Sergeant Frederick Hugh Kewley Regimental number 884, enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the the 15th of September 1914. His Next of kin was listed as his father, A E Kewley of 3 Fincham Street, Mount Pleasant, Ballarat East, Victoria. He was assigned to the 14th Battalion, G Company and this unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914. Sergeant Kewley continued serve with the 14th Battalion until he was Killed in Action on the 1st of May 1915 at the age of only 19 years. His Place of Burial was Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery (Special Memorial 28), Gallipoli, Turkey. And is found on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour #73. His parents were listed as A.E. and Emily KEWLEY and he was a native of Ballarat East, Victoria.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Birth record of Hugh Frederick Kewley; BDM Victoria; Reg No. 9108/1895; https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6146b5e5c415071c20e39084/record/5c653e1f4aba80ac31af7585?q=efamily&givenName=Hugh%20Fredk&familyName=KEWLEY

• Frederick Hugh KEWLEY from the AIF PROJECT website first accessed online on the 19th of October, 2023.

• SERGEANT FREDERICK HUGH KEWLEY - Service Number: 884 ©2023 Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 19 October 2023), memorial page for SGT Frederick Hugh Kewley (1895–1 May 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #56136934, citing Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Türkiye; Maintained by Shane König von Castlemaine (contributor 49774181).