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Robert BREWER

Regimental number382
Place of birthGrafton New South Wales
SchoolLawrence, Lower, Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingBlackfriars Teacher Training College, NSW
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressCorndale via Lismore, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, R W Brewer, Corndale via Lismore, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448, 28 December 1917; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57, 18 April 1918.

FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Place of death or woundingHindenburg Line, France
Age at death30.3
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialUnicorn Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, grave No. 24), Vendhuile, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Theresa BREWER, Corndale, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousins: 2281 Clive BREWER, 53rd Bn, killed in action, 24 September 1917; 2330 Company Sergeant Major Harold BREWER, 53rd Bn, killed in action, 26 September 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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