BREWSTER, Walter Henry
Service Number: | 2621 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
17 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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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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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