Andrew BREWER

BREWER, Andrew

Service Number: 315
Enlisted: 8 March 1915
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 20th Infantry Battalion
Born: Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 1 October 1891
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stoker
Died: Battle Of Amiens, Somme sector, France, 8 August 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux
Adelaide Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 14), Villers-Bretonneux, France, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deloraine War Memorial, Hobart Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

8 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 315, 20th Infantry Battalion
25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 315, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 315, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
16 Oct 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 315, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW left shoulder
5 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 315, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to head and chest
23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion
1 Jun 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 61st Infantry Battalion
20 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
11 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
8 Aug 1918: Involvement Corporal, 315, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 315 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-08

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Sue Guinan, Tasmania in the Great War

LCpl Andrew BREWER

Born 1st October 1891 Deloraine the son of William Abraham and Margaret Brewer (nee Maxwell) he enlisted Liverpool New South Wales married to Emily Wright a 22 year old stoker he enlisted 8th March 1915 and served with the 20th Battalion. He was wounded at Gallipoli and killed in action 8th August 1917 Somme France. He is commemorated in the Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France His brother: 2301 Pte Edward Murray BREWER, killed in action, 7 June 1917.

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