Military service
Service number:
B/73726
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
April 3, 1915
Sintaluta, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
January 8, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 28, 1944
Montesarchio, Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII, D, 12.
Additional information
Son of Cecil Douglas Hewett and Gwendoline Hewett of Peterborough, Ontario. Husband of Mary Olive Hewett of Long Branch, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Barclay Selwood Hewett
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Headstone of Robert B. S. Hewett
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Newspaper clipping
Private Hewett's death was reported in this February 1945 newspaper article. -
Newpaper clipping (part 2)
List of casualties.
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Barclay Selwood Hewett
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Barclay Selwood Hewett
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Barclay Selwood Hewett
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