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Henry Charles Brewer

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Group shot of 26th Mounted Rifles, NZ Expeditionary Forces. 1917. Trooper Maurice Davis (s/n 43189) of third row, right hand side. Image kindly provided by family. Image has no known copyrigh restrictions.
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Brewer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 9/2152 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 March 1885 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
    9 March 1885 Public - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - Military personnel files
  • Place of birth
    Torquay, UK Public - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - Military personnel files
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    G.F. Brewer (brother), Collingwood, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 9/2152 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Pneumonia AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Moeraki then transhipped to "Port Lincoln" at Sydney for Suez. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 November 1918 AWMM
    Age 34 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM Q. 48. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Collingwood war memorial Public - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - audit of regional war memorials combined with local research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Marlborough War Memorial, 20 Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201 AWMM
    • Marlborough Great War Memorial, WW1 AWMM

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