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William Brewer

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Ashburton War Memorial. Photo G.A. Fortune, 2003. - Image has All Rights Reserved

Ashburton War Memorial. Photo G.A. Fortune, 2003. - Image has All Rights Reserved

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William AWMM
  • Surname
    Brewer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 68508 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 September 1879 AWMM Gloucester, Gloucestershire AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 20 September 1917 AWMM Mt Somers, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    National Mortgage and Agency Company (Business Trustee), Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 31 December 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 68508 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 20 September 1917 AWMM
    Age 38 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Ashburton, Canterbury 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Influenza 9 April 1918, admitted Military Hospital AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Ann brwer

    Remembered on the Ashburton War Memorial. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 September 1918 AWMM
    Havrincourt, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Marcoing British Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM I. C. 19. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Ashburton War Memorial, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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