28 Glyde Street — Streets of East Freo

ARCHITECTURE

Federation / Federation Domestic Carpenter

No. 28 (previously was no. 52) Glyde street is a single storey cottage constructed in timber framing and feather edged weatherboards with a hipped and gabled corrugated iron roof. It is a very simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a prominent gable and a full width and return skillion roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. There is a central pair of casement windows under the gable and the front door is set deep in the plan. The front door is flanked by a casement window.

HISTORY

AIF 1915, Frederick William Brewer (Regimental number 2189//*2550) Occupation Labourer, 28 Glyde Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia, Single, Age at embarkation 20. Next of kin Mother, Mrs Charlotte Florence Brewer

AIF 1916 Walter Henry Crellin (Regimental number 5702) Occupation Labourer, 28 Glyde Street, East Fremantle, Married, Age at embarkation 26. Next of kin Mrs Jean Isabel Crellin. NAA Record AIF Record

1917 War Casualties Mrs. W. H. Crellin, of 51 Glyde-street, East Fremantle has been notified that her husband, Private Walter H. Crellin, was killed in action on April 11.(reference)
1926 Killed In Action. In fond and loving memory of my darling son, Private Frederick William Brewer, 16th Battalion, A.I.F., killed in action at Mouquet Farm, France, on August 30, 1916; who served at Gallipoli; aged 21 years. Fondly remembered. Inserted by his loving mother, 52 Glyde street, East Fremantle… In loving memory of my dear brother, Private Frederick William, 16th Battalion, A.I.F.-Inserted by his loving sister Jessie, and brother-in-law, Fred McGorrery. (reference)
1942 Death on November 15, at Fremantle, Charlotte Florence Brewer, of 28 Glyde street, East Fremantle, widow of the late William John Brewer, and loving grandmother of Frederick, Jessie, Edna, John and Leslie; aged 76 years. (reference)