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ANDREWS, Joseph Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX34120 |
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Enlisted: | 17 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, 7 March 1919 |
Home Town: | Turramurra, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmboy |
Died: | Died of wounds, Tarakan, Borneo, 12 May 1945, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 24. Row D. Grave 1. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX34120 | |
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17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Paddington New South Wales | |
17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX34120, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
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Son of Patrick James Andrews and Anne Mary Andrews.
2/3 Pioneer Battalion