Andrew MITCHISON

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MITCHISON, Andrew

Service Number:	2450
Enlisted:	13 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1888
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 16 September 1916, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Plot VI, Row N, Grave No. 21,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2450, 19th Infantry Battalion
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2450, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2450, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From AWM

Andrew Mitchison was born in 1888, in Newcastle, NSW. He enlisted as a Private in the First World War, with the 19th Australian Infantry Battalion, on 18 July 1915, at the age of 26. He embarked on the SS Themistocles on 5 October 1915, arriving in Suez on 2 November. Following training in Egypt, he proceeded to France, in March 1916. He took part in the major offensives around Pozieres between late July and the end of August 1916. He was killed in France, in the field, on 16 September 1916, aged 28. He is buried near Ypres.

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