Regimental number | 5028 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Wingham, New South Wales |
School | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 'Ercildoune', 9 Deakin Avenue, Haberfield, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 131 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. M. Andrews, 'Ercildoune,' 9 Deakin Avenue, Haberfield, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Junior and Senior Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Makarini on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 5028A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Division Train |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: CQMS Alan Malcolm D Andrews, 1st and 53rd Battalions |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Sydney, 1 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 1 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria, 29 July 1916; disembarked Southampton, England, 9 August 1916. Transferred to 53rd Bn, 11 January 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 28 February 1917; joined 20th Bn, in the field, 23 March 1917. Wounded in action, 3 May 1917 (gun shot wound, left knee); admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, 4 May 1917, and transferred to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station; to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 6 May 1917; to England, 20 May 1917, and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, 22 May 1917; transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 1 August 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 6 August 1917. Marched into Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 10 November 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 9 December 1917; rejoined 20th Bn, in the field, 1 January 1918. Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, Belgium, 19 January 1918 (enteritis); transferred to 50th Field Ambulance, 20 January 1918 (diarrhoea); discharged to duty, and rejoined unit, 27 January 1918. Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, 8 April 1918 (synovitis, left knee); to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 9 April 1918; to Base Depot, Havre, 13 April 1918. Transferred to 14th Company, AASC, 4th Divisional Train, 25 April 1918. On leave to United Kingdom, 6 November 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 24 November 1918. Marched out to England for return to Australia, 13 January 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board Ht 'Lancashire', 7 February 1919; arrived Melbourne, 24 March 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: synovitis, left knee), Sydney, 18 May 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ANDREWS George Joseph Keith |