William Clege ANDREWS MSM

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ANDREWS, William Clege

Service Number:	2567
Enlisted:	4 January 1916
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kooringa, South Australia, 10 November 1894
Home Town:	Maylands (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	2 September 1968, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2567, 32nd Infantry Battalion
25 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2567, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2567, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 2567, 32nd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Wounded 2567, 32nd Infantry Battalion

Awarded Meritorious Service Medal

Awarded Meritorious Service Medal

On October 5th 1917 at G.H.Q., Small Arms School, St. Cecile Plage, when one of a rifle grenade Section in a demonstration of a platoon in an attack, one of his bombs fell five yards in front of fire position occupied by the Section owing to faulty cartridge. He immediately sprang forward and flung the bomb a distance of twenty yards, at same time calling to his comrades to take cover, thereby undoubtedly saving a number of their lives.

Submitted 31 January 2016 by Faithe Jones

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Biography

Son of Silas ANDREWS and Mary nee TOLLEY

Awarded Meritorius Service Medal

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