SWIFT  G.R.P.

Given Names:   Gordon Brewster

               

Service Number:  3493

Unit:  7th Battalion, 11th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:   Yrs   Mths

Occupation:  Auctioneer's Clerk                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                  

Weight:  136 Lbs

Chest:  32½-34 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Gladys Swift

56 Packington Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                  

Embarkation Date:  11/10/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  returned to Australia

Ship:  Barambah                                       

Embarked:  8/4/1917                                 

Disembarked: 

Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Sergeant

Discharge Date:  13/7/1917                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  1734

British War Medal:  22414

Victory Medal:  22280

Other:    

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1886

Place:  London, England                          

Father:  Henry SWIFT                             

Mother:  Alice BREWSTER

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1915     

Place:             

Spouse: Gladys MINTER

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 21/1/1963                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary