John Percival DREW

Regimental number12/3620
OccupationPlumber
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Drew, 176 Ponsonby Road, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 17 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row R, Grave No 11), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Matilda Drew, Auckland; Wife: Mary Elizabeth Drew, 30 Eckersley Street, Whelley, Wigan, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 15

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