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DREXEL, George Otto
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX3266 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 23 April 1919 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 19 July 2012, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wollongong City Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, New, South Wales Cremated Wollongong City Memorial Gardens & Crematorium - Remains Have Been Collected by Family - Memorial Plaque at This Cemetery, War Graves Wall, Niche GG. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 22 May 1940: | Involvement Private, SX3266 | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 May 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 22 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX3266, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| 2 Feb 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, SX3266, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Embarked Australia with the 2/2 Motor Transport Reserve Company, Bound for Singapore Malaya Aboard HMT QX1. | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Reported by the Japanese to be Captured in Singapore on the 17th February 1942. Reported as Recovered POW from the Japanese in Siam on the 20th August 1945. | |
| 5 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, SX3266, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Embarked Singapore Aboard "Highland Brigade" Bound for Fremantle, Western Australia. Disembarked Fremantle 15th October 1945. | |
| 4 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX3266, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| 4 Dec 1945: | Discharged |
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