Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

11/11/1941

Date of Discharge

20/11/1945

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

10/08/1922

Place of Birth

Armidale NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Doonkuna Street, Reid ACT

School(s) Attended

Canberra High School, Canberra Technical College

Occupation

Apprentice electrical fitter

Next of Kin

Mary Andrew (wife), Prahran, Victoria

Service Number

61370

Final Rank

Corporal

Final Unit

1 Aircraft Depot

Reg Andrew was the brother of Donald Andrew. After attaining his Intermediate Certificate from Canberra High School, Andrew undertook an apprenticeship as an electrical fitter with the Department of the Interior and was in his fourth year when he enlisted in the RAAF in 1941. Andrew was mustered as a Wireless Maintenance Mechanic after completing his training and sent to Queensland. He married Mary Fitzpatrick, who was also serving with the RAAF, in Townsville on 10 August 1943 shortly before embarking for Goodenough Island in New Guinea. He served there with 12 Repair & Salvage Unit (12R&SU), on Kiriwina in the Trobriand Islands near Milne Bay from March 1944 and at Tadji, near Aitape on the north coast of New Guinea, from May 1944 until he returned to Australia four months later. Due to a shortage of qualified electrical fitters, the Department of Works requested that Andrew be discharged and he returned to Canberra to work. Andrew later lived in Ainslie with his family. He died on 3 July 2019.

Description - height 5 feet 10½ inches, weight 163 pounds, chest 34-38½ inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, Church of England.

The Yarralumlan : Magazine of the Canberra High School, 1945, p.12.
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
The Canberra Times - 10 April 1940, 14 June 1943, 8 September 1943, 13 July 2019
NAA RecordSearch - Series A9301
ACT electoral rolls