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Edward Tempest ANDREWS

Regimental number6032
Place of birthHay, New South Wales
SchoolBourke Convent (Catholic) and Pera Bore Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressRoseleigh, North Ryde, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinFather, Arthur Andrews, McDonell House Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 September 1917
Place of death or woundingNot stated
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialBirr Cross Roads Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 23), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Bridget ANDREWS, Macdonald House, 321 Pitt Street, Sydney. Native of Hay, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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