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ANDREWS, William Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX17793 |
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Enlisted: | 26 November 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Mosman Park, Western Australia, Australia , 8 October 1917 |
Home Town: | Cowaramup, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Taxi Driver |
Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 11 February 1942, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore War Memorial, Singapore Col 135 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
26 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Private, WX17793, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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26 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17793, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
11 Feb 1942: | Involvement Private, WX17793, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Malaya/Singapore |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick Samuel and Rosa Ellen Andrews, of Subiaco, Western Australia