FREW, Alexander Stewart
| Service Numbers: | 3152, SN 3152 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public school |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3152, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3152, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded SN 3152 | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 3152, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3152 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Luke Callisto
Alexander Stewart Frew, a natural born Briton was born in April of 1892, in Petersham, Sydney. His parents were his mother Mary Hopston Frew and his father George Frew.
When Alexander become old enough to attend a school, he enrolled at a public school in Wollongong, New South Wales. He later became a grocer to support his family as he was not married and did not bear any children.
Alexander enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force as a private on the 25th of July 1915 at the age of 23 and 3 months. He began to train as a soldier to fight in Louveval, France and embarked aboard the HMAT A69 Warilda from Sydney on the 8th of October the same year. He was assigned to the fourth Battalion on the 21st of January but transferred to the 56th Battalion on the 16th of February.
In less than 2 months, he was reported sick on the 6th of April, suffering a fever of unknown origin. He returned back into the same Battalion 9 days after on the 15th. He then received shrapnel to his face, right arm, and both legs on the 20th of July 1916, arriving at the 30th General Hospital in Calais, France the following day. He was discharged from the hospital on the 23rd July and was granted furlough on the 27th of September, returning to combat in Wareham on the 27th of October.
After over 3 months of fighting, Alexander Stewart Frew was killed in action at the age of 24 on the 2nd of April 1917 in Louveval, France. He was later buried in the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France. Alexander’s mother, Mary, was his next of kin and received the Victory medal on the 26th of January 1923 on her son’s behalf.
Lest we forget.