Victor Harold (Old Man Drew) DREW

DREW, Victor Harold

Service Number: 2581
Enlisted: 31 July 1917, Senior Cadets 4 years
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column
Born: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 19 December 1898
Home Town: Brunswick East, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Driver
Died: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 2 November 1972, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Methodist B Section: Buried with Mother - Mary Ann Drew (04/03/1871-31/10/1909) Buried with Daughter - Valerie Elaine Drew (08/09/1933-27/04/1998) Buried adjacent to son - Leslie Drew (22/09/1930-06/10/2019; Grave 713)
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World War 1 Service

31 Jul 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2581, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Senior Cadets 4 years
22 Dec 1917: Involvement Private, 2581, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1917: Embarked Private, 2581, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
6 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column
16 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2581, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, 3rd MD

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