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BREWER, Victor Redmond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2698 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Forbes, New South Wales, 20 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Natural causes, Concord, New South Wales, 24 August 1952, aged 58 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2698, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 2698, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane | |
| 25 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2698, Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2698, Divisional Ammunition Column, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Bombardier, 11th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 3 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 11th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 24 Dec 1916: | Honoured Military Medal | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2698, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , 2nd Passchendaele , Gassed | |
| 31 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2698, 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"GALLIPOLI VETERAN DIES
Mr. Victor Brewer, who served throughout the Gallipoli campaign and later in Belgium and France, died this week at the 113th AGH, aged 58. He was wounded on Gallipoli, but stayed on duty, and was badly gassed at Ypres in 1917. He won the Military Medal in France. Mr. Brewer was well known in the north-western district of NSW, where he spent most of his life." - from the Sydney Sun 27 Aug 1952 (nla.gov.au)
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