George William BEWSHER

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BEWSHER, George William

Service Number:	4757
Enlisted:	7 December 1915, 38 Depot 5th Depot Battalion
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Division Headquarters
Born:	Albany, Western Australia, September 1882
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 26 January 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia
Memorials:

7 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4757, 38 Depot 5th Depot Battalion
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4757, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4757, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Egypt
8 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Division Headquarters
21 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4757, 1st Anzac HQ Embarked per Soudan
5 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 4757, 1st Division Headquarters

Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

George was the second of five children of Frederick Brewsher (born 1850 in Canada) and Mary Walker (born 1855 in Fremantle, WA). Frederick and Mary married in Perth, WA in 1874, and lived in Perth where Frederick was a Saddler. Following Mary's death in 1909 George had moved to Bunbury WA with his father and siblings,

George married Ingeborg (Bella) Ann Andersen (born 1889 in Bunbury WA) in 1909 in Wellington, WA. George worked as a Horse Trainer and Horse Driver in Bunbury and enlisted at Blackboy Hill WA in the AIF in December 1915. He served as a Private (Service No: 4757) and was Discharged in August 1919. Brother Edward James also served in the AIF (Service No: 24495)

George returned to his family in Bunbury WA, and in 1929 was living in Collie WA and working in the Mill, The family returned to Bunbury where George was employed as a Linesman, Sons Edward Ronald (Australian Army: Service No: 25530) and Gordon Reginald (RAN: Service No: 22506) and Gordon's wife Rosie Olive Hughes (RAAF: Service No: 99417) served in WWII

George died in 1969 in Bunbury WA and wife Bella died in 1983

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