Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 2550
Place of Birth: -
Address: 28 Glyde Street(WW1: 52), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Charlotte Florence Brewer
Enlistment Date: 4 April 1915
Unit Name: 16th Battalion
Age embarkation: 20
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Labourer
Date of Death: 30 August 1916
Place of Death: Mouquet Farm, France
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HISTORY
Son of William John and Charlotte Florence Brewer of 131 Hubble St (71 Hubble St Today), East Fremantle, WA.
Private Frederick William Brewer
Private Frederick William Brewer (2550), son of Charlotte and the late William Brewer, 131 Hubble-Street, East Fremantle, was born at Ipoh, India, and educated at Kelmscott, WA. He enlisted on the 7th April, 1915, and sailed for Egypt on the 19th June, 1915. On his arrival there he went in camp for further training and after a short period was sent to Gallipoli, where he remained until the evacuation. He returned to Egypt and then crossed to France, where he took part in several engagements, including Pozieres and Mouquet Farm, where he was killed in action on the 30th August, 1916.
Australia’s Fighting Sons of the Empire
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)
