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DREW, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 22507 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1916, Black Boy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Northampton Western Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | St Ildephonsus College, New Norcia Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 14 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot V, Row D, Grave 15 , Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton Our Lady of Sorrows Great War Honour Boards, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Northampton WW1 Roll of Honour, Northampton War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 22507, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Black Boy Hill, WA | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 22507, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 22507, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 22507, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Embarked aboard HMAT Medic A7 | |
| 14 Oct 1917: | Involvement Driver, 22507, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 22507 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-10-14 | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Driver, 22507, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Driver, 22507, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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