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Robert ANDREWS

Regimental number2274
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolCanterbury Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingGovernment Printing Office, Sydney, NSW
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPublic Service assistant
Address49 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Andrews, Excelsior Road, Cronulla, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceIrish Rifles
Enlistment date26 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 June 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death28
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row P, Grave No. 3), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
123
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Eliza ANDREWS, "Roma", Holt Road, Saren Point, Sans Souci, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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