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DREW, Kenneth Rawie
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX37496 |
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Enlisted: | 30 July 1940, Royal Park, VIC |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wallaroo, South Australia, 2 December 1921 |
Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea Plot Panel 21. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
30 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, VX37496, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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30 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Park, VIC | |
30 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX37496, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Kenneth was the son of Richard Rawie Drew and Hilda Agnes Drew nee Hill.