Informal outdoor portrait of 3645 Acting Corporal, later Private (Pte) Walter (Scotty) Hewit, ...

Informal outdoor portrait of 3645 Acting Corporal, later Private (Pte) Walter (Scotty) Hewit, 18th Battalion, of Bexley, NSW. A tinsmith who had emigrated from Scotland in 1912, Pte Hewit served three years with the Royal Scots before enlisting in September 1915, and left Australia for Egypt with the 8th Reinforcements in December 1915. After transferring to the 53rd Battalion as part of the 'doubling-up' of the AIF in April 1916, Pte Hewit arrived in France for service on the Western Front in June 1916 and was the D Company communications runner. According to his Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau file, Pte Hewit was one of several men taking shelter in a small dug-out at Halfway House near Glencorse Wood on 23 September 1917 when a German shell exploded on top of their position, killing all men instantly. The men were buried where they were killed, however the location of the grave was never marked and remains missing. Pte Hewit was aged 36 at the time of his death. A separate image of Pte Hewit is held at P07780.002.

• Informal outdoor portrait of 3645 Acting Corporal, later Private (Pte) Walter (Scotty) Hewit, ...