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ANDREWS, Sylvester Leonard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 675 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melrose, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Mercer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bickford Soldiers Memorial Hall Honour Roll and Memorial Plaque, Carlisle Memorial Avenue, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 675 | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 675, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 675, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 675, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 675 awm_unit: 44th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-08 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Rosemary Ritorto
Son of Archibald Frederick and Susan Eliza Andrews.
NOK listed as his sister Guenivere Muriel Wood who lived at "Melrose" Forest Street, Victoria Park East, which late became Beatty Avenue, Carlisle.
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