William Henry ANDREWS

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ANDREWS, William Henry

Service Number:	2014
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Belfast, Ireland, 1885
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jockey
Died:	4 June 1959, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
23 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2014, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
23 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2014, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Morea, Adelaide
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, RMS Morea
17 Oct 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Originally enlisted on 14 September 1915 and served 69 Days with A Squadron 9th Australian Light Horse before being discharghed due to health issues on 5 December 1914

Reenlisted on 12 June 1915 and embarked aboard RMS Morea with 3rd quota of reinforcements for the 27 th Battalion AIF

Joined the Battalion at ANZAC on 12 October 1915

Evacuated due to health on 23 October 1915

Returned to Australia 24 June 1916

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