Walter Henry BREWSTER

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Service Number:	2621
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:

17 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
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