ANDREWS, Alan Malcolm
| Service Number: | 325 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wingham, New South Wales, 13 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of accidental injuries (fractured skull), Salisbury, England, 17 March 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Baverstock (St. Edith) Churchyard |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 325, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, SN 325, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, SN 325, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, SN 325, 1st Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
| 10 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, SN 325, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alan Malcolm Dickson ANDREWS was born on 13th December, 1894 in Wingham, New South Wales
His parents were Joseph ANDREWS & Matilda Ellen BROWN who married in NSW in 1887
Biography
"ANDREWS.- Died on active service, March 12, C.Q.M.S., Alan Malcolm Dickson (Montie) dearly loved elder son of J. Andrews, & M. E. Andrews, Ercildoune, Deakin Avenue, Haberfield and brother of Private Keith, Lorna, Gladys, and Marjorie, aged 22 years.
Soldier, rest, thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Dream of battle fields no more, Days of danger, nights of waking.
ANDREWS.- Died on active service, March 12 C.Q.M.S. Alan Malcolm Dickson (Montie), dearly loved nephew of M. E. and L. G. and cousin of Lyle and Esme Andrews, Ellerslie, Deakin avenue, Haberfield, aged 22 years.
A noble life ended, He died that we might live.
ANDREWS.- Died on active service March 12, C.Q.M.S. Alan Malcolm Dickson (Montie), dearly loved nephew of C. H. Brown, Ercildoune, Deakin avenue, Haberfield, aged 22 years.
Till the resurrection morn." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 28 Mar 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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