Alexander Henry (Alec) FAERBER

FAERBER, Alexander Henry

    Service Number: 17223
    Enlisted: 17 January 1916, Marrickville
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 1st Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., 28 October 1889
    Home Town: Glebe, New South Wales
    Schooling: Glebe Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia.
    Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
    Died: Died of wounds, Belgium, 26 July 1917, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: Dickebusch New Military Cemetery & Extension, Belgium
    Plot III, Row F, Grave 15.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glebe Roll of Honor, Glebe War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 17223, Marrickville
    22 May 1916: Involvement Gunner, 17223, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
    22 May 1916: Embarked Gunner, 17223, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
    26 Jul 1917: Involvement Gunner, 17223, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 17223 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-07-26
    26 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 17223, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Ypres, Shell wound lower abdomen

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Alexander Faerber was the son of Johann (John) and Margaret Cant Faerber of Rockdale, New South Wales. His father, Johann or John, had been born in Bavaria, Germany and come out to Australia in 1877. Johann had passed away during 1912.

    His older brother, 29077 Gunner Augustus William Faerber 2nd Field Artillery Brigade had been killed in action only one month before, on 25 June 1917, aged 31.

    Mrs. received a pension of two pounds per fortnight for each of lost sons.

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