PRICE, Andrew
| Service Number: | 798 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Shrewsbury, England, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Caretaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 29 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 798, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 798, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 798, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 1 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 29 Apr 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 798, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 798 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Eugenie Annie Price of Trades Hall, Sydney, NSW later of Drummoyne, NSW. Andrew was employed as caretaker for the Trades Hall. Father of Andrew Edmond Price who resided in Wagga Wagga, NSW in 1967
Previously served in the Royal Marines Light Infantry for 12 years
CORPORAL A. PRICE.
Mrs Price of the Sydney Trades Hall, received news from the military authorities some months ago that her husband, Corporal Andrew Price, who was the caretaker of the hall had been reported missing. Subsequently she was officially informed that he had been wounded. After waiting for several weeks and not being able to ascertain any thing definite with reference to him she wrote to some of the chaplains attached to the various brigades and she has now received replies informing her that her husband had been killed. One of the letters stated that he was shot by a machine gun at 1 a.m. on April 29. He left Sydney with the 3rd Battalion.
Commemorated in the Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW. Headstone gives his age as 50 years, if this is correct then he lowered his age to enlist
Biography contributed by Paul Price
Correction to the name of Andrew's widow... it is Eugenie Amede Price.... my Great Grandmother.
The original hand-written (in pencil) one and a half page letter to Eugenie Price from Salvation Army Chaplain McKenzie (?) dated 23rd July 1915 is in Andrew's 60 pages of service records held in the National Archives. It was written from the battlefields of Gallipoli and bluntly states that Andrew was killed by being shot through the heart.
The hand-writing starts in quite a steady hand, but becomes more rushed towards the end - no doubt an indication of the time-stresses placed on the Chaplain at that time.
The service records also contain a pencil-written Affidavit from two fellow servicemen who saw him fall and again described his death being caused from being shot through the heart.
The service records also contain other documents which provide insights into the hardships suffered by the war widows. Eugenie was left to care for her 13 year old son (my Grandfather) and there are letters advising her initially of her receipt of some financial child allowance .... and later its removal. There is also a hand-written statement in Eugenie's hand-wirting stating that she had just returned from the battlefields of Gallipoli, and acknowledging that she felt it was not possible to locate the remains of her husband on Gallipoli - and thereby giving permission for Andrew's name to be placent on the memorial at Lone Pine. For her to travel to Gallipoli by ship would have taken al least six months for the round trip, and I have contacted the War Widows Association to see if they can ascertain when she might have taken this voyage.
There is a memorial to Andrew Almer Price at the Trades Hall building in Sydney, as he and his wife Eugenie were the first "live-in" caretakers of Trades Hall - and they lived in a flat built on the roof of the (now) heritage building.
Eugenie was the daughter of Eugene Amede, a tailor who migrated to Victoria from Mauritius. There is a family folklore story that Eugene was at the Eureka Stockade and helped Peter Lalor when he was shot. I recall that there is also some evidence that Eugene's mother (Eugenie Price's Grandmother) was enslaved in Mauritius, as I have some recollection of seeing a document requesting her release.... but this is not certain.