FAERBER, Augustus William
| Service Number: | 29077 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Ganger |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France,, 25 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery C. 17. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glebe Roll of Honor, Glebe War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 29077, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 29077, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 25 Jun 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 29077, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 29077 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-06-25 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Augustus William FAERBER, (Service Number 29077), who was born in Sydney in 1885, was a salesman employed by S. Hoffnung & Co. in the fancy goods section of their warehouse when he was arrested in 1908 and charged with stealing goods from them, which he had passed on to an accomplice for sale. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years hard labour. In February 1911, presumably having served his sentence, he joined the NSWGR as a ‘packer’ in the Metropolitan Division of the Permanent Way Branch, later that year being promoted to sub-ganger, but in 1913 reverted to ‘general labourer’.
In June 1916 he was given leave to enlist in the AIF. Whether he had disclosed his criminal record to the Railways is not known, but he certainly withheld it from the AIF, answering the relevant questions on his enlistment papers in the negative. He stated his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘ganger railway’.
On 25 June 1917 he was killed in action, and buried in the British Cemetery, Ruyaulcourt, four miles ESE of Bapaume.
Submitted 29 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Augustus William FAERBER Service Number 29077) was born in Sydney in 1885. He was a salesman employed by S. Hoffnung & Co. in the fancy goods section of their warehouse. He was arrested in 1908 and charged with stealing goods from his employer. He had passed the stolen goods on to an accomplice for sale. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years hard labour.
In February 1911, having served his sentence, he joined the NSW Government Railways as a ‘packer’ in the Metropolitan Division of the Permanent Way Branch. Llater that year he was promoted to sub-ganger. In 1913 he reverted to ‘general labourer’. In June 1916 he was given leave to enlist in the AIF. Whether he had disclosed his criminal record to the Railways is not known, but he certainly withheld it from the AIF, answering the relevant questions on his enlistment papers in the negative. He stated his occupation as ‘ganger railway’.
He embarked from Sydney in September 1916. He landed in England in November and was sent to France to join his artillery unit in January 1917.
On 25th June 1917 he was killed in action, and buried in the British Cemetery, Ruyaulcourt, four miles ESE of Bapaume.
A war pension was granted to his widowed mother.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board