Frederick Aloysius BEW

BEW, Frederick Aloysius

Service Number: 3157
Enlisted: 15 July 1915, Deserted
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Camel Corps
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1897
Home Town: Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm labourer
Died: 7 March 1982, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Sunbury War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Deserted
18 Apr 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3157, 14th Light Horse Regiment
9 May 1917: Involvement Private, 3157, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 May 1917: Embarked Private, 3157, Camel Corps, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Ross Martin

Frederick Aloysius BEW was born in Melbourne during 1897 and joined the AIF on 15/7/1915 in Melbourne.

He deserted from the Army, but rejoined in Albury, NSW on 18/4/1917. He was allotted to the 14th Light Horse Regiment and left Sydney aboard the HMAT Port Sydney on 9/5/1917.

He gave his next of kin as his friend, James Leyden of "Avonleigh" Sunbury.

After service he returned to Australia on 28/8/1919 and was discharged on 24/9/1919.

In 1924 he was a patient at the Caulfield Reparriation Hospital, Melbourne.

In 1962 Fred was living at 31 Waverley Crescent Bondi Junction, NSW.

He died on 7/3/1982.

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