B64391 Sergeant Walter Charles Brewer was born in Wales and emigrated to Canada with his family in 1928.

He enlisted in The Queen’s Own as a rifleman in June 1940. Walter served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, Sussex, N.B., and England.

He was a dispatch rider in Support Company and landed on D-Day. He served throughout Normandy and was wounded on 17 August 1944 in the fighting north of Falaise.

After recuperation in England, he returned to the battalion for the Scheldt fighting and was eventually promoted corporal. Walter served in the Rhineland campaign (Mooshof) and in Holland, where he was promoted to sergeant just before the war ended.

After the war, he married Dinah, the sister of his QOR buddy, Corporal Jim Tannahill. Walter and Dinah were on the D+50th anniversary trip to Normandy. Most recently, Walter was an honoured guest as the QOR hosted the 2002 Officers’ Garrison Ball.

Sergeant Brewer died on December 21, 2002, at his home in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, and is buried in Wasaga Beach Cemetery.