Percival James BREWER

BREWER, Percival James

    Service Number: 1856
    Enlisted: 31 January 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Allansford, Victoria, Australia , January 1897
    Home Town: Terang, Corangamite, Victoria
    Schooling: Noorat State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Grocer
    Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 12 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 40), Gallipoli, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Terang War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1856, 14th Infantry Battalion
    20 Mar 1915: Involvement Private, 1856, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
    20 Mar 1915: Embarked Private, 1856, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
    10 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1856, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Scalp wound Buried at Sea

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    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    From Gallipoli, 1915

    L/Cpl. Percival James Brewer, 14th Battalion Australian Infantry (Jacka's Mob), died aboard the 'Neuralia' on 12th August 1915 from wounds received on 8th August. Buried at sea, he is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.

    Originally from Allansford, he was the 19 year-old son of James and Laura Brewer of Terang, Victoria, Australia.

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