George ANDREWS

ANDREWS, George

    Other Name: Andrews, William George - Circular / Birth Records
    Service Number: 1503
    Enlisted: 10 December 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, 11 December 1886
    Home Town: Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
    Schooling: National School, Caldicot, Wales, United Kingdom
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 29 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Caldicot Cross, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1503, Depot Battalion , Melbourne, Victoria
    16 Jan 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Depot Battalion
    19 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    19 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    8 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- Gallipoli
    8 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Dardanelles for Heliopolis, Egypt, H.S. "Delta"
    8 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Wounded In Action -- G.S.W. Right Shoulder
    8 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Admitted -- 1st Australia Casualty Clearing Station -- G.S.W. Right Shoulder -- Gallipoli
    12 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 3rd Australian Auxillary Hospital -- G.S.W. Right Shoulder -- Heliopolis
    12 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 1st Australian General Hospital -- G.S.W. Right Shoulder -- Heliopolis
    13 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 1st Australian Auxillary Hospital -- G.S.W. Right Shoulder -- Luna Park
    27 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- Australian & NZ Convalescent Hospital -- Helduan
    29 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1503, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Light Duties -- Zeitoun
    26 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 59th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 7th Infantry Battalion
    4 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant
    18 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1503, 59th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1503, 59th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1503, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 31 and the son of George and Selina Andrews, of "Myrtle House," Caldicot, Newport,  Monmouthshire, Wales.Caldicot (Welsh: Cil-y-coed) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, located between Chepstow and Newport. 

    He had sustained a shrapnel wound to the shoulder at Gallipoli on 12th August 1915.

    He is one of two Australian casualties of the Great War remembered on the Caldicot War Memorial.

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