Hewitt CBE OBE, Joseph Eric

Date of Birth	1901-04-13
Date of Death	1985-11-01
Gender	Male
Birth Place	Australia, Victoria, Tylden

Service Details

Service	RAAF - Royal Australian Airforce
Official Number	O32
Service Period	1928-1956

Service 2	RAN - Royal Australian Navy
Date of Entry	1914-12-31
Rank	Lieutenant (later Air Vice Marshall)
Rate	Pilot
Discharged Date	1928-04-02
Discharge Type	Transfer to RAAF
Discharge Notes	Loan from RAN for 5 years 1923-28. Transferred to RAAF 1928.
Service Period	1914-1956
Active Service (War service)	WW1 & WW2
Service Record	Yes
Ship	Refer Service Record see Sources

Service 3	RAAF - Royal Australian Airforce
Official Number	O32
Service Period	1928-1956

Other Details

Fleet Air Arm

Yes

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	Springvale Botanical Cemetery
Cemetery Address	Springvale, NSW
Demonination/Area	Garden of No Distant Place
Grave Type	Cremation

Notes

Australian Naval Aviation Pioneer First RAN Pilot. re Seagulls, Cruisers & Catapults by Ray Jones

Sources

Service Record RAN - Australian National Archives Service Record RAAF - Australian National Archives Nominal Roll - Department of Veterans Affairs

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