Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 425
Place of Birth: York, Western Australia
Address: 6 Glyde Street(WW1: 18), Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, Samuel Sweeny
Enlistment Date: 23 September 1914
Unit Name: 16th Battalion, C Company
Age embarkation: 18
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Grocer's assistant
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1913 - 1916: Sweeney, Samuel
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 5387
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Address: Alexander Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs E S McGaw
Enlistment Date: 1 March 1916
Unit Name: 16th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 31
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Letter carrier
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Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 4858
Place of Birth: Fremantle Western Australia
Address: 13 Hubble Street(WW1: 31), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, J McCreery Sen
Enlistment Date: 6 December 1915
Unit Name: 16th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 25
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Labourer
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1916 - 1920: McCreery, Joseph
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 2296
Place of Birth: East Freemantle, Western Australia
Address: 13 Hubble Street(WW1: 31), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, Joseph McCreery
Enlistment Date: 7 June 1915
Unit Name: 16th Battalion; 48th Bn; 4th Division Pioneer Battalion
Age embarkation: 23
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Tinsmith
Date of Death: 4 August 1916
Place of Burial: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row E, Grave no. 14), France
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1916 Killed In Action. Died of wounds in France on August 4, Private George McCreery, dearly-beloved second son of Mr. and Mrs. McCreery, and loving brother of Wilfred McCreery, 31 Hubble street, East Fremantle; beloved brother of Private Joseph McCreery, on active service; loved comrade of Private Frank Hopkins, on active service; and, most sincere friend of Miss Rose Clancy; aged 23 years 10 months. (reference)
1918 In Memoriam. Died of wounds in France on August 4, 1916, Private George McCreery, dearly-beloved second son of Mr. and Mrs. McCreery, and loving brother of Wilfred McCreery, 31 Hubble-street, East Fremantle and beloved brother of Private Joseph McCreery (on active service). We miss and mourn you in silence unseen, And dwell in the memory of days that have been…Inserted by his sorrowing parents and brothers. (reference)
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 4634
Place of Birth: Adelaide, South Australia
Address: 19 Glyde Street(WW1: 41), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, A M Jackson
Enlistment Date: 10 November 1915
Unit Name: 16th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 26
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Horse driver
Date of Death: 6 August 1916
Place of Burial: Pozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 20), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
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Born in Adelaide, South Australia. Son of Alexander Melmoth Jackson and Mary Ann Elizabeth Jackson of 41 (19 today) Glyde Street, East Fremantle.
Taken on strength Serapeum 2 February 1916 and disembarked at Marsailes.
Killed in Action in France, 6 August 1916. 28 Years old.
Two other brothers served in France and Belgium, and one was awarded a Military medal.
1916 Killed In Action in France, on August 6, Harold Jackson, the dearly beloved and eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, of 41 Glyde-street, East Fremantle. A true and brave soldier at rest. Inserted by Mr. and Hrs, Hollands and family, 51 Glyde-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 7441
Place of Birth: Semaphore South Australia
Address: East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Ellen G Gardiner
Enlistment Date: 16 July 1916
Unit Name: 16th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 35
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Accountant
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Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 5702
Place of Birth: Brunswick, Victoria
Address: 28 Glyde Street(WW1: 52), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Jean Isabel Crellin
Enlistment Date: 21 March 1916
Unit Name: 16th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 26
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Labourer
Date of Death: 11 April 1917
Place of Death: Bullecourt, France
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)
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 2454
Place of Birth: Barnes, England
Address: Hill Street (Now Bolton Street), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs E Cosson
Enlistment Date: 12 May 1915
Unit Name: 16th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 44
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Tobacconist
Date of Death: 7 August 1916
Place of Death: Pozieres, France
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 4772
Place of Birth: Fremantle, Western Australia
Address: Preston Point Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, Arthur Calhoun
Enlistment Date: 29 November 1915
Unit Name: 45th Battalion
Age embarkation: 24
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Date of Death: 6 July 1918
Place of Death: Hamel, France
Place of Burial: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No. 10), Fouilloy, France
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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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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)
