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Francis Clifford DREWE

Regimental number2480
Date of birth1891
Place of birthLiverpool, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraftsman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Drewe, 299 Liscard Road Wallasey , Cheshire, England
Enlistment date11 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 14 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 25 March 1919
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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Fought at Gallipoli (August-December 1915); Fleurbaix, France (wounded, 19 July 1916; hospitalised, Boulogne, then Newcastle); Somme sector, France (Bullecourt, May 1917; wounded 13 May); Passchendaele, Belgium (September 1917) Messines, Belgium (November 1917); Hamel, France March-April 1917; wounded by shell fire, 7 April); evacuated to hospital in Bath, England, April 1918; convalescent patient, Verne Citadel, Portland, October 1918-March 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death25 February 1942
Age at death51
Place of burialCremated Newcastle Crematorium, Beresfield, New South Wales

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