Edwin Arnold BREWER

Regimental number25/530
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Brewer, Eltham Road, Blenheim
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
The 3rd Battalion, C Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade left New Zealand on board three ships: HMNZT 42 ('Ulimaroa'), HMNZT 43 ('Mokoia') and HMNZT 44 ('Navua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 September 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs A.M. Brewer, Auckland Street, Picton, Blenheim, Marlborough
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 10

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