BREST, Hastings Ferdinand

A Southern Downs Veteran

BREST-Hastings-Ferdinand-SDMH-photoCONFLICT : WWI
SERVICE NO : 3024
RANK : Private
UNIT : 45th Battalion
ENLISTMENT DATE : 21/09/1915
AGE : 19
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Toowoomba, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Kempsey, New South Wales
RELIGION : Methodist
OCCUPATION : Letter Carrier
DATE OF DEATH : 19/09/1918
PLACE OF BURIAL : Roisel, France

MEMORIALS : Warwick Amateur Rugby League Memorial To Footballers, Warwick War Memorial, Warwick War Memorial Gates, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Postmaster-General’s Dept Qld WWI Roll of Honour, Blacktown NSW (RSL) World War I Soldiers Memorial

View this person’s Service File : Hastings Ferdinand BREST

NOTES : Brother-In-Law: 2nd Lieut Arthur William Jones; Parents: George and Mary Hooper Brest (nee Blight).

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