INGLIS, Andrew
Service Number: | 712 |
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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) |
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: '' | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.