ANDREWS, Francis George
| Service Numbers: | VX105923, V38464 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 4 December 1917 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Slaughterman |
| Died: | Charleville, Queensland, Australia , 19 July 1987, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Charleville General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX105923 | |
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| 4 Aug 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V38464, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX105923, 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, 'in the field' Maryborough QLD | |
| 21 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX105923, 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Brisbane for Milne Bay on board the Jason Lee | |
| 26 Aug 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX105923, 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Madang for Brisbane on board the Katoomba | |
| 6 Jan 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX105923, 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Brisbane for Jacquinot Bay on board the Duntroon | |
| 29 Jan 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX105923, 29/46 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Rabaul for RTA | |
| 12 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX105923 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Elder of two brothers (Francis and Frederick) who served in WWII, Private Francis George Andrews (Service Nos:V38464/VX105923) initially enlisted in the ACMF on 12 August 1940 with 29th Infantry Battalion, and was 'in the field' in Maryborough QLD on 4 August 1942 when he Discharged to enlist the following day in the AIF. Private Andrews served with 29/46 Infantry Battalion in New Guinea (21 February 1943 to 26 August 1944) - the Battalion garrisoned at Milne Bay before taking part in the Huon Peninsula Campaign. Private Andrews then served with the Battalion at Jacquinot Bay and Rabaul (6 January 1945 - 29 January 1946), and was attached to 29/46 Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 12 March 1946.
Dick was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1917, eldest of four children of Frederick (Fred) Andrews (b1897 in Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria) and Elsie May Grigg (b1895 in Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria). Fred was a Labourer in 1915 when he enlisted in the Army (Private; Service No:4730), and following his Discharge in 1919, he and Elsie married in Melbourne, where they settled and raised their family. Fred worked as a Labourer and Tanner.
Dick was working in Melbourne as a Slaughterman when he enlisted in the Army in 1940. Following his Discharge he returned to Melbourne, where in 1946 he married Lorna(Sissy) Mary Blake (b1922 in Balranald, New South Wales) - Sissy served in the AWAS (Private; Service No:V505224). Dick and Sissy lived in Melbourne, where Dick was a Slaughterman, until the early 1950s when they moved to Balranald in New South Wales. Dick and Sissy took over as Licensees of the Hatfield Hotel from Sissy's father, and also managed the local Telephone Exchange and were Mail Contractors. Sissy died in 1977, and Dick remained in Balranald as Publican and Mail Contractor. Dick died in Charleville QLD in 1987.
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