Walter Henry BREWSTER

BREWSTER, Walter Henry

Service Number: 2621
Enlisted: 17 April 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Liverpool, New South Wales, 1884
Home Town: Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Furnaceman
Died: Liverpool, New South Wales, 22 September 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
7 Oct 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2621, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2621, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
17 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A40 Ceramic from Sydney
16 Mar 1918: Discharged AIF WW1
Date unknown: Involvement 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography

53 Battalion

Rank - Private

2 April 1917 - wounded in action - left arm

18 July 1917 - Offence drunk and disorderly on the railway station, using obscene language and violently resisting the MP. Fined 7 days full pay

Medals: Britsh War Medal, Victory Medal

27 August 1917 returned to Australia on board SS Pakeha

Son of Harriet Brewster (nee Smith) of Elizabeth Street, Liverpool