HONMAN, Andrew Victor
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 26 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School; Melbourne Univeristy, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Died of wounds (gas), France, 20 May 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres IV A 26 |
| Memorials: | Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Townsville 9th Field Ambulance Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 2nd Field Ambulance | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Captain, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Captain, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 May 1917: | Involvement Major, 9th Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 9th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Major awm_died_date: 1917-05-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
ANDREW VI CTOR HONMAN who was killed in action in France on 20th May 1917 was the son of Dr. A. Honman. He was born in 1891 and was at the School from 1903 to 1907, when he matriculated and went to the Melbourne University. He took second class honors in Medicine and Obstetrics, and graduated M.B. and Ch.B. in 1913.
He was practising in Melbourne when war broke out and enlisted in the A.A.M.C. as Captain. He landed on Gallipoli on 25th April 1915, and later was invalided from Gallipoli to Lemnos, then to England and then returned to Egypt. After several months there with the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital he was on 8th June 1916 appointed Temporary Major with 14th Field Ambulance, and was Mentioned in Sir Charles viunro's Despatches of 12th July 1916.
He was transferred to 9th Field Ambulance on 13th October and was promoted to Major on 14th November 1916. After going to France he was on 18th May 1917 appointed R.M.O. to 37th Battalion, which position he was holding when he was killed in the fighting at Bullecourt.
News has reached Colonel A. Honman, commanding the base hospital, St. Kilda road, that his son, Major A. V. Honman, Australian Army Medical Corps, has been killed while on service in France. The deceased officer left Australia with the 2nd Field Ambulance, and served right through the Gallipoli campaign. He was promoted major a few months ago and attached to the 9th Field Ambulance. Prior to enlisting be was a resident medical officer at Melbourne Hospital.
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