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Hugh William Theodore ANDREWS

Regimental number1507
Place of birthTragowal, Kerang, Victoria
SchoolTragowal State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngine driver
AddressKyneton House, Kyneton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Barclay, Kyneton House, Kyneton, Victoria
Enlistment date17 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 13 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded on Gallipoli, served in Infantry - Lewis Machine Gunner
FateDied of wounds 8 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Age at death39
Place of burialBirr Cross Roads Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. II), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
54
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh ANDREWS and Jessie BARCLAY, his wife, Frankston, Victoria. Native of Tragowel, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCaptain Walter Andrews (Cousin) killed 1915 France

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