Joseph Charles BREUER

Regimental number25800
OccupationFellmonger
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Breuer, Waverley Street, Waipawa
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 11th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unitNew Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Adolph and Anna Breuer, Waverley Street, Waipawa, Hawke's Bay; Wife: the late Mary Lucy Breuer
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 28