ANDREWS, Percival Vivian Augustus
| Service Number: | 262 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Taradale, Victoria, Australia, 5 June 1888 |
| Home Town: | Taradale, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Taradale State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 19 May 1950, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Kangaroo Flat Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Taradale State School 614 Roll of Honor, Taradale War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 262, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 262, 10th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 262, 10th Machine Gun Company, Battle of Messines, Eye injury caused by shell explosion. | |
| 3 Jul 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Battle of Messines, On the 7th/8th and 9th June, 1917, during operations south of MESSINES for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty under most trying conditions. | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 262, 10th Machine Gun Company, 1st Passchendaele | |
| 27 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Machine Gun Company, Belgium | |
| 21 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, France, when 10th MG Coy was absorbed into the 3rd MG Btn. | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 262, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre | |
| 20 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 262, 3rd Machine Gun Company | |
| 20 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, France | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 262, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 262, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal | |
| 12 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Percival Andrews originally enlisted in the NZEF (SN 17/237) in 1914, and embarked for Egypt on 14 December 1914. After becoming seriously ill with enteric fever, he was medically discharged from the NZEF in 1915.
He re-enlisted with the AIF on 1 May 1916, serving in France and Belgium before RTA on 10 May 1919.
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Military Medal citation:
'On the 7th/8th and 9th June, 1917, during operations south of MESSINES for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty under most trying conditions. When most of the team, of which he was a member, were disabled by gas, he carried important despatches through heavy shell fire and subsequently did fine work in bringing his guns into action when the team had been reduced to three men.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219
Date: 20 December 1917
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