Ernest John DRAYTON

DRAYTON, Ernest John

Service Number: VX44935
Enlisted: 5 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: MOUNT MORIAC, VIC, 2 October 1916
Died: Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 25 years
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX44935
5 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX44935, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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