Frank Edward BREWSTER

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Service Numbers:	78, 654
Enlisted:	11 August 1914
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Hackney, Middlesex, England, 20 May 1886
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Accidental gunshot, France, 11 April 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 60
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private
12 Aug 1914:	Involvement Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 78, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, German New Guinea
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 78, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 78
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 78, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
4 Mar 1915:	Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 78
22 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 654, 12th Light Horse Regiment
13 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 654, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
24 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
14 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company

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Son of Frederick and Sarah Brewster. Native of London, England.

HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY

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