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NEWMAN, John Drage
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3907 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brookton, Brookton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Grave VII. B. 4., Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brookton District War Memorial, Brookton Road Board District Roll of Honour WW1, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 3907, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 3907, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1893 Newman John Drage Kettering 3b 182.
He was 25 and the son of Albert Jackson & Rebecca Anne Newman.
He is one of 10 Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Kettering War Memorial.
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