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William BREWARD

Regimental number2015
Place of birthWestbury, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Westbury, Tasmania
Other trainingNil
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWestbury, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Liz Breward, Westbury, Tasmania
Enlistment date25 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS Makatini on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1916
Place of death or woundingnear Albert, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialCourcelette British Cemetery (Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Daniel and Eliza BREWARD, Westbury, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsUncle: 350 George BREWARD, 40th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917; Cousin: Anthony Breward DELORAINE, killed in action.

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