Service No: 437825
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force, No.8 Communication Unit.
Son of Herbert Onesimus Hewett and Elsie May Hewett, of Wallaroo Mines, South Australia.
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FROM 'Y.P. COUNTRY TIMES':-
FLYING SERGEANT HEWETT LAID TO REST
After being listed missing in action for 52 years, Flying Sergeant Maxwell Hewett of Kadina was finally laid to rest last Thursday, July 31, in Commission Cemetery Lae, Papua New Guinea.
His plane, not seen since January 29, 1945, was found on February 6 1997, under a thick canopy of rain forest, south-west of Lae - where it had lain hidden for 52 years.
The scattered remains of the R.A.A.F. Beaufort bomber indicated there had been no survivors.
Last Thursday, the remains of the three crew members and four passengers, among them the body of Flying Sergeant Hewett, were laid to rest - in Commonwealth War Graves at Commission Cemetery, Lae, Papua New Guinea. A military funeral was given, attended by 20 surviving relatives flown to Papua New Guinea by the RAAF.
Maxwell's brother, Kadina resident Ray Hewett, had planned to be among the relatives gathered for the funeral, but illness prevented him from attending. Representing the family instead, were Ray's daughter Mignon Crees from Mount Barker (Maxwell's niece); Mignon's 14 year old son, Adam; and Ray's niece, Julie Launer from Eudunda.
Ray, at home at Kadina, said last week he was sorry not to have been able to travel to Papua New Guinea for his brother's funeral, but said he was happy Mignon, Adam and Julie had represented the family. He said he was pleased that after 52 years, Maxwell's body had been laid to rest, and that a chapter had closed. 'After all the time he was missing, we feel now we have Maxwell back with us', Mr. Hewett said.
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force, No.8 Communication Unit.
Son of Herbert Onesimus Hewett and Elsie May Hewett, of Wallaroo Mines, South Australia.
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FROM 'Y.P. COUNTRY TIMES':-
FLYING SERGEANT HEWETT LAID TO REST
After being listed missing in action for 52 years, Flying Sergeant Maxwell Hewett of Kadina was finally laid to rest last Thursday, July 31, in Commission Cemetery Lae, Papua New Guinea.
His plane, not seen since January 29, 1945, was found on February 6 1997, under a thick canopy of rain forest, south-west of Lae - where it had lain hidden for 52 years.
The scattered remains of the R.A.A.F. Beaufort bomber indicated there had been no survivors.
Last Thursday, the remains of the three crew members and four passengers, among them the body of Flying Sergeant Hewett, were laid to rest - in Commonwealth War Graves at Commission Cemetery, Lae, Papua New Guinea. A military funeral was given, attended by 20 surviving relatives flown to Papua New Guinea by the RAAF.
Maxwell's brother, Kadina resident Ray Hewett, had planned to be among the relatives gathered for the funeral, but illness prevented him from attending. Representing the family instead, were Ray's daughter Mignon Crees from Mount Barker (Maxwell's niece); Mignon's 14 year old son, Adam; and Ray's niece, Julie Launer from Eudunda.
Ray, at home at Kadina, said last week he was sorry not to have been able to travel to Papua New Guinea for his brother's funeral, but said he was happy Mignon, Adam and Julie had represented the family. He said he was pleased that after 52 years, Maxwell's body had been laid to rest, and that a chapter had closed. 'After all the time he was missing, we feel now we have Maxwell back with us', Mr. Hewett said.
Service No: 437825
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force, No.8 Communication Unit.
Son of Herbert Onesimus Hewett and Elsie May Hewett, of Wallaroo Mines, South Australia.
~
FROM 'Y.P. COUNTRY TIMES':-
FLYING SERGEANT HEWETT LAID TO REST
After being listed missing in action for 52 years, Flying Sergeant Maxwell Hewett of Kadina was finally laid to rest last Thursday, July 31, in Commission Cemetery Lae, Papua New Guinea.
His plane, not seen since January 29, 1945, was found on February 6 1997, under a thick canopy of rain forest, south-west of Lae - where it had lain hidden for 52 years.
The scattered remains of the R.A.A.F. Beaufort bomber indicated there had been no survivors.
Last Thursday, the remains of the three crew members and four passengers, among them the body of Flying Sergeant Hewett, were laid to rest - in Commonwealth War Graves at Commission Cemetery, Lae, Papua New Guinea. A military funeral was given, attended by 20 surviving relatives flown to Papua New Guinea by the RAAF.
Maxwell's brother, Kadina resident Ray Hewett, had planned to be among the relatives gathered for the funeral, but illness prevented him from attending. Representing the family instead, were Ray's daughter Mignon Crees from Mount Barker (Maxwell's niece); Mignon's 14 year old son, Adam; and Ray's niece, Julie Launer from Eudunda.
Ray, at home at Kadina, said last week he was sorry not to have been able to travel to Papua New Guinea for his brother's funeral, but said he was happy Mignon, Adam and Julie had represented the family. He said he was pleased that after 52 years, Maxwell's body had been laid to rest, and that a chapter had closed. 'After all the time he was missing, we feel now we have Maxwell back with us', Mr. Hewett said.
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force, No.8 Communication Unit.
Son of Herbert Onesimus Hewett and Elsie May Hewett, of Wallaroo Mines, South Australia.
~
FROM 'Y.P. COUNTRY TIMES':-
FLYING SERGEANT HEWETT LAID TO REST
After being listed missing in action for 52 years, Flying Sergeant Maxwell Hewett of Kadina was finally laid to rest last Thursday, July 31, in Commission Cemetery Lae, Papua New Guinea.
His plane, not seen since January 29, 1945, was found on February 6 1997, under a thick canopy of rain forest, south-west of Lae - where it had lain hidden for 52 years.
The scattered remains of the R.A.A.F. Beaufort bomber indicated there had been no survivors.
Last Thursday, the remains of the three crew members and four passengers, among them the body of Flying Sergeant Hewett, were laid to rest - in Commonwealth War Graves at Commission Cemetery, Lae, Papua New Guinea. A military funeral was given, attended by 20 surviving relatives flown to Papua New Guinea by the RAAF.
Maxwell's brother, Kadina resident Ray Hewett, had planned to be among the relatives gathered for the funeral, but illness prevented him from attending. Representing the family instead, were Ray's daughter Mignon Crees from Mount Barker (Maxwell's niece); Mignon's 14 year old son, Adam; and Ray's niece, Julie Launer from Eudunda.
Ray, at home at Kadina, said last week he was sorry not to have been able to travel to Papua New Guinea for his brother's funeral, but said he was happy Mignon, Adam and Julie had represented the family. He said he was pleased that after 52 years, Maxwell's body had been laid to rest, and that a chapter had closed. 'After all the time he was missing, we feel now we have Maxwell back with us', Mr. Hewett said.
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