William Joseph ANDREWS

ANDREWS, William Joseph

Service Number: WX17793
Enlisted: 26 November 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Mosman Park, Western Australia, 8 October 1917
Home Town: Cowaramup, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Taxi Driver
Died: Killed in Action, Malaya, 11 February 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial
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World War 2 Service

26 Nov 1941: Enlisted Private, WX17793, Claremont, Western Australia
26 Nov 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX17793, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
11 Feb 1942: Involvement Private, WX17793, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Malaya/Singapore

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick Samuel and Rosa Ellen Andrews, of Subiaco, Western Australia