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Walter Thomas Brindley Hewitt

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Birth	:	1 Sep 1870 Gorteen, County Sligo, Ireland
Death	:	7 Jul 1917 Benoni, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Burial	:	Bon Accord Cemetery, Bon Accord, Edmonton Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	53.8333850, -113.4409620
Description	:	Walter Thomas Brindley Hewitt, the first child of Mary Anne and Benjamin Hewitt was born September 1, 1870 at Gorraun Gurteen. When the Brindley uncles went to South Africa in the late 1880's Walter went too. With his uncle George Brindley, he ran a steam traction engine business and gold mine at Johannesburg. In the Boer War, Walter was a Sergeant of the Second Imperial Light Horse. He was in the siege of Ladysmith, November 2, 1899 to January 6, 1900 when 13,745 soldiers and 5400 civilians in Ladysmith were encircled by the Boer artillery (Pakenham, 1979). He was... Read More	Walter Thomas Brindley Hewitt, the first child of Mary Anne and Benjamin Hewitt was born September 1, 1870 at Gorraun Gurteen. When the Brindley uncles went to South Africa in the late 1880's Walter went too. With his uncle George Brindley, he ran a steam traction engine business and gold mine at Johannesburg. In the Boer War, Walter was a Sergeant of the Second Imperial Light Horse. He was in the siege of Ladysmith, November 2, 1899 to January 6, 1900 when 13,745 soldiers and 5400 civilians in Ladysmith were encircled by the Boer artillery (Pakenham, 1979). He was nicknamed "Colley" by his godchild and cousin Marjorie Brindley, daughter of George. Walter was a keen photographer and the Brindley-Richards family in South Africa still has some of his photos. He was remembered as being very thin after the siege (Brindley-Richards,1987). In Walter's will of 1908 his godchild Marjorie Ellaline Brindley, daughter of George Brindley, was his sole heir. If she should die a spinster, then the balance of his estate was to go to Edith Mary Thalia Milligan, nee Hewitt, of Buffalo Head Farm, New Lunnon, Edmonton, Alberta (Tapping, 1986). In 1917 Walter contracted pneumonia and died as a result of travelling in an open horse trap on the exposed winter Highveld, at the age of 47 (Brindley-Richards, 1987). Source: Milligan - Hewitt Family History, Mary Leah Dezwart.

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Walter Thomas Brindley Hewitt's memorial is located at: Bon Accord Cemetery, Bon Accord, Edmonton Census Division, Canada.
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Walter Thomas Brindley Hewitt death on 7 Jul 1917 in Benoni, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
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Latitude: 53.8333850
Longitude: -113.4409620

Family Members:

Parent

Benjamin Hewitt

(1842 - 1901)

Mary Ann Brindley Hewitt

(1844 - 1902)

Siblings

Albert George Hewitt

(1873 - 1960)

Mary Edith Thalia “Edith” Hewitt Milligan

(1875 - 1960)

Alfred Bryers Hewitt

(1878 - 1932)

William Eaton Hewitt

(1879 - 1901)

Robert Ernest Hewitt

(1883 - 1958)

Reginald Allen Hewitt

(1885 - 1946)

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