Andrew INGLIS

INGLIS, Andrew

Service Number: 712
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Dundee, Angus, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Balgownie, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Coal Miner
Died: Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 712, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 712, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
31 Aug 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 712, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 712 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-31

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

 

He was 40 and the son of William and Mary Inglis

Sibling-Harry Inglis, “Tayside” Park Rd, Greenwich, Sydney, Australia

Date of enlistment: 26.09.1914

Place of enlistment: Helena Vale, W.A.

Australian Infantry-16th Battalion

Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.