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Cenotaph record

Frank Sidney Drew

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Photograph of Private Frank Sidney Drew's headstone. Image kindly provided by Margaret (September 2019). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Sidney AWMM
  • Surname
    Drew AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Francis Sidney Drew AWMM
  • Service number
    48537 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1913 AWMM Tasmania, Australia AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    48537 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Frank Drew was the son of John Joseph and Ellen May Drew, of Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Prot. Soldiers Area F, Row 2, Grave 8. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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