Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

01/07/1915

Date of Discharge

29/06/1919

Place of Enlistment

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

15/10/1894

Place of Birth

East Melbourne, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Occupation

Soldier

Next of Kin

Catherine Andrew (mother), Launceston, Tasmania

Final Rank

Major (temporary)

Final Unit

12 Battalion AIF

AWM Roll of Honour Memorial Panel 10, Canberra ACT

Andrew entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon on 9 March 1913 and graduated on 28 June 1915. He embarked with the 12th Battalion in February 1916 and arrived in France in June 1916 after which he transferred to the 3rd Brigade Headquarters as acting Staff Captain. He served in World War 2 in Headquarters 1 Corps but died on 28 April 1941 from a coronary occlusion at hospital in Alexandria in Egypt. He was buried in grave N158 at Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery in Alexandria, Egypt.

Description - height 5 feet 11¾ inches, weight 162 pounds, chest 33-36½ inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, Church of England.

Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
AWM Roll of Honour Database
AWM Roll of Honour Circular
AWM Collections Records : H15775, E4006