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Ernest Lancelot ANDREWS

Regimental number89
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressPO, Cottesloe, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Height5' 9"
Weight151 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Cecil Andrews, Education Department, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 8 years in the Cape Mounted Rifles; time expired.
Enlistment date14 September 1914
Place of enlistmentHelena Vale, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name16th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDischarged 20 August 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of AIF discharge incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as 12 July 1919.
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialA.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.
SourcesNAA: B2455, ANDREWS Ernest Lancelot

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