BEW, Frederick Aloysius
| Service Number: | 3157 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Deserted |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Camel Corps |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1897 |
| Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | 7 March 1982, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Sunbury War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Deserted | |
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| 18 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3157, 14th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3157, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3157, Camel Corps, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Frederick Aloysius BEW was born in Melbourne during 1897 and joined the AIF on 15/7/1915 in Melbourne.
He deserted from the Army, but rejoined in Albury, NSW on 18/4/1917. He was allotted to the 14th Light Horse Regiment and left Sydney aboard the HMAT Port Sydney on 9/5/1917.
He gave his next of kin as his friend, James Leyden of "Avonleigh" Sunbury.
After service he returned to Australia on 28/8/1919 and was discharged on 24/9/1919.
In 1924 he was a patient at the Caulfield Reparriation Hospital, Melbourne.
In 1962 Fred was living at 31 Waverley Crescent Bondi Junction, NSW.
He died on 7/3/1982.