Frederick DREW MM

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Service Number:	3446
Enlisted:	5 August 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Bellevue, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Steel Construction
Died:	Died of wounds - buttocks, Soltau Province, Hamburg, Germany, 21 May 1917
Cemetery:	Hamburg Cemetery, Germany Plot 1V, Row H, Grave 5, Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Men Who Laid Down Their Lives Honour Roll

5 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3446, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
1 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3446, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3446, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Fremantle
20 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), In the field
15 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), In the field
10 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), In the field
21 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3446, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Shell wound to the right buttock penetrating to the bone
21 Jan 1917:	Imprisoned Died of wounds at Soltau while Prisoner of War
19 Apr 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Was recommended for the Military on 2 occasions, 14 August 1916 and 1 September 1916. He was a member of a scouting section which acted as runners and bringing wounded from No Man's Land while under heavy enemy fire Commonwealth Gazette No. 62 Date: 19 April 1917
21 May 1917:	Involvement 3446, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3446 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-21

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Husband of Ethel Irene Drew of Bellevue, WA later of East Guilford, WA; father of Irene Mary Drew and Freda Clare Drew

Taken Prisoner of War at Reincourt while wounded

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Prior to enlistment he had served a 2 year apprenticeship with the Kalgoolie & Great Boulder Mines, WA

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