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Victori Charles DREW

Regimental number1053
Place of birthBrisbane Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLumper
Address122 Cantonment Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elizabeth Ellen Drew, 122 Cantonment Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date5 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 June 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Victor Charles Drew on NR
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 134), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (marble tablet) in St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle, Western Australia. Inscription reads: 'To the glory of God. The Choir Vestry was erected A.D. 1922 in grateful memory of the men from this parish who gave their lives for God and King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919. "Their name liveth for evermore."'
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2471 Pte Oscar Desmond DREW, 16th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 May 1919.
Other details

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

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