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ANDREWS, Joseph Edward

Service Number:	NX34120
Enlisted:	17 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, 7 March 1919
Home Town:	Turramurra, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmboy
Died:	Died of wounds, Tarakan, Borneo, 12 May 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 24. Row D. Grave 1. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX34120
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Paddington New South Wales
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX34120, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion

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Biography

Son of Patrick James Andrews and Anne Mary Andrews.

2/3 Pioneer Battalion