ANDREWS, Hugh William Theodore
| Service Number: | 1507 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 December 1914, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tragowel, Victoria, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Kerang, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tragowal State School |
| Occupation: | Civil Engineer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 8 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot IV, Row E, Grave # II, Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1507, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1507, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1507, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 6 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1507, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1507, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1507, 9th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, 2nd occasion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Father Hugh Millar ANDREWS (died when Hugh was an infant) and
Mother Jessie BARCLAY (d. 1922), lived at Frankston, Victoria
Sister:
Euphemia Watt Crawford lived at 108 Brongham Street, Bengido (1923)
Half-sister:
Ruby Mary Catherine Ross Hill, lived at 7 St David Street, North Geelong, VIC
Previous service: 2 years 9 months K Company Victorian Rangers
Described on enlisting as 37 years 8 months of age; single; 5' 6" tall; 9 stone 12 lbs;
brown complexion; blue eyes; fair hair; Presbyterian
14/12/1914 enlisted in Townsville, Queensland
08/02/1915 appointed to 32nd reinforcements, 9th Infantry, Enoggera Camp
06/05/1915 joined unit - 9th Battalion, ANZAC
29/05/1915 gun shot wound to left buttock - in action, Gabe Tepe
04/06/1915 admitted to St Andrews Hospital, St Andrews
19/07/1915 embarked onboard Knight Temple for front
25/07/1915 rejoined 9th Battalion, ANZAC
04/01/1916 disembarked off of Grampian from Mudros, into Alexandria
21/01/1916 sick to hospital, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt
22/01/1916 Mumps - admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, Tel-el-Kebir
23/01/1916 Mumps - admitted to 4th Auxillary Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
10/02/1916 discharged to Base, Cairo
06/03/1916 rejoined 9th Battalion, Serapeus
27/03/1916 proceeding to join British Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria
03/04/1916 disembarked off of Saxonia into Marseilles, France
21/06/1916 sick to hospital - NZ Stationary Hospital
22/06/1916 Influenza - 24 AT
28/06/1916 discharged to duty
30/11/1916 Influenza, sick to hospital - NZ Stationary Hospital
02/01/1917 transfer to 4 Convalescent Depot, Estretat
09/01/1917 discharged to Base Details, Havre, France
11/01/1917 marched in to 1st Australian Base Depot, Etaples, France
16/01/1917 proceeding to unit
17/01/1917 rejoined 9th Battalion, France
06/10/1917 wounded in action, Belgium
8/10/1917 died of wounds recevied in action at Headquarters 1st Australian Division
Forward Aid Post, Belgium
buried in: Bellawarde Ridge Military Cemetery, Belgium
28/11/1919 exhumbed and reburied in:
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery,
Plot IV, Row E, Grave 11
Medals: 1914/15 Star (1677); British War medal (8501), Victory medal (8461)
and Memorial Plaque and Scroll (339196)
03/08/1967 Half Sister Ruby applied for the Gallipoli Medallion on Hugh's behalf.
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 11/01/2017. Lest we forget.
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