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Thomas Corlette ANDREWS

Regimental number156
Place of birthSouthport, Lancashire, England
SchoolGigglewick College, Yorkshire, England
Other trainingFarming in Canada
Age on arrival in Australia30
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Addressc/o Mrs W Bowden, 28 Heaton Road, Heaton Chapel Stockport Near Manchester, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinMother, Mrs Julia Andrews c/o Mrs W Bowden, 28 Heaton Road, Heaton Chapel Stockport Near Manchester, England
Previous military serviceServed in R.I.A. in India for 7 years previous to going to Australia, Adelaide in 1905. (Sister)
Enlistment date4 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPoizieres, France
Age at death42
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row O, Grave No. 44), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
84
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Julia ANDREWS. Native of Manchester, England

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