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Arthur Edward ANDREW

Regimental number26672
Place of birthCharlton, Victoria
SchoolGillies Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationClerk
AddressCuming Street, Mile End, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs M T Andrew, 47 Cuming Street, Mile End, South Australia
Previous military serviceSergeant 1st Senior Cadets, Discharged June 30th 1911 (SA)
Enlistment date11 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 8, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined Government Service in Printing Dept January 1907 and enlisted from that branch.
FateDied of wounds 17 October 1918
Place of death or woundingBusigny, France
Age at death25.4
Place of burialRoisel Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Marion ANDREW
Family/military connectionsDonald Andrew, cousin, 2nd Reinforcements 10th Battalion Killed inFrance
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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