Joseph Edward ANDREWS

ANDREWS, Joseph Edward

Service Number: NX34120
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX34120
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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Biography

Son of Patrick James Andrews and Anne Mary Andrews.

2/3 Pioneer Battalion