Regimental number | 89 |
Place of birth | London, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | PO, Cottesloe, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 37 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 151 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, Cecil Andrews, Education Department, Perth, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 8 years in the Cape Mounted Rifles; time expired. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Helena Vale, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 16th Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/33/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 16th Battalion |
Fate | Discharged |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Date of AIF discharge incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as 12 July 1919. |
Age at death from cemetery records | 42 |
Place of burial | A.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot IX, Row G, Grave No 8), Flers, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: the Rev. John Marshall and Lucy Anne ANDREWS |
Other details |
Admitted to HMT 'Galeka', Gallipoli, 2 May 1915 (gun shot wound, left thigh: severe); transferred to England, 3 May 1915, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, 12 May 1915. Applied, 27 June 1915, for a temporary commission in the Royal Marine Light Infantry. Discharged from the AIF, 20 August 1915, on being granted a commission in the RMLI. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Killed in action, France, 25 August 1918. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ANDREWS Ernest Lancelot |