ANDREW, Leslie Spencer
| Service Number: | 6715 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rhynie, SA, 11 May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Maitland, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Adelaide, SA, 19 March 1943, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Maitland War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6715, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6715, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 6715, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of William John ANDREW and Edith Emily nee LEONARD
Mr. Leslie Spencer Andrew, of Urania, died suddenly in Adelaide (collapsed in Franklin Street).
Born at Rhynie 49 years ago, he went to Maitland when a boy. After leaving school, he went to work on Mr. A. W. Kelly's farm at Urania, and afterwards for several years was at Loxton. It was from there that be enlisted for the last war. On his return from overseas he purchased the "Polygon'" at Urania, where he resided until his death. He married Irene, youngest daughter of the late Evan Davies, who survives him, with two daughters and one son Mr. Andrew had represented Wauraltee ward of the District Council of York Peninsula since 1935 and during the past four vears had been president of the Maitland AH and F Society. He was an executive member of the Pig Feeders and Breeders Association, and also represented Yorke Peninsula on the State council of the Returned Soldiers' League.