Donald Keith Reece Drew

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First Name:

Donald

Middle Name:

Keith Reece

Last Name:

Drew

Alternate Spelling:

Reice

Mother's Name:

Agnes Drew

Father's Name:

George Drew

Date Enlisted:

Sunday, June 6, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Driver

Unit:

Field Ambulance

Company:

14th Company

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Wednesday, May 9, 1917

Place of Death:

France

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Donald Drew was born about 1888 and at the time of enlistment was a single 26 year old painter from Wollongong, NSW. He embarked on HMAT A67 Orsova with 12th Reinforcements, 1st Field Ambulance on 10th November 1915.

He saw service in Egypt and on the Western Front as a driver with 14th Field Ambulance but
on 9th May 1917 he was killed in action. Donald is buried in Vaulx Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery. Plot I, Row C, Grave 16.

His enlistment papers give his name as Donald Keith Reece Drew.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, DREW D K R