Hector Brewer papers concerning his service in 54th Battalion, A.I.F. and settlement at Yenda Farm, NSW, 1918-1943

MLMSS 474

fonds

1918-1943

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Cartographic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

889375

1 box of textual material

Hector Brewer, groom, of Marrickville, Sydney enlisted at Randwick aged 19 years, 24 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney on board Transport A23 Suffolk, 18 Oct. 1914. He joined the H. Company, 2nd Battalion as a private and was transferred to the 54th Battalion, 14th Brigade on 27 February 1916. He served in the Gallipoli campaign and in France and Belgium and was promoted corporal in 1916 and lieutenant in 1917. He returned to Australia on the Derbyshire, 23 Mar. 1919 and was discharged from the army Apr. 1919.

The collection includes:

Items 1-8: Diaries, correspondence and various papers concerning Yenda Farm, 1919-1943 (Call no.: MLMSS 474 / Items 1-8)
Includes folder containing correspondence and papers concerning Hector Brewer and the Yenda farm, October 1918-January 1943 (Item 8). Correspondence includes a circular from General Rawlinson to the Fourth Army re the Australian Corps, 14 October 1918; letter from AIF Kit Store, London, 6 August 1918, concerning possessions held in safe custody; letter from Capt. Jack Adams, Military Hut, Shepherds Bush, 1 February 1919; and letter from Returned Soldiers' Settlement Branch, 15 July 1919, re application a block of land.

Items 9-16: Hector Brewer field message book, maps, photographs and miscellaneous papers, chiefly concerning World War I, ca. 1904-1960 (Call no.: MLMSS 474 / Items 9-16)

Items 17-19: Fruitgrowers Federation of NSW Annual Report, March 1928; Federal Viticultural Council of Australia Annual report, October 1933
Fruitgrowers Federation of NSW. Annual Report, year ended March 1928 (2 copies); Federal Viticultural Council of Australia Annual report, October 1933 (Call no.: MLMSS 474 / Items 17-19)

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No.2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010

All published items are already held in the Mitchell Library

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I papers

Contents list filed with collection

Acquisition details "H. Brewer Nov 1960" are recorded on most items.