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William George DREW

Regimental number4036
Place of birthKing Island
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Address185 Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs D Drew, 185 Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date7 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Orontes on 24 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBulls Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 36), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Caswell and Mary DREW, Derwent Park Road, Moonah, Tasmania; husband of Dorothy DREW, 6 Arthur Street, North Hobart, Tasmania
Medals

Military Medal

'Displayed general coolness and capacity in the firing line, and on 1st September, 1916, accompanied a patrol under Captain DAVY which bombed a German advanced post near MOUQUET FARM.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62
Date: 19 April 1917

Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

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

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