Thomas Edwyn ANDREWS

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ANDREWS, Thomas Edwyn

Service Number:	2195
Enlisted:	6 March 1916, Townsville, Queenlsand
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ingham, Queensland, Australia, 23 August 1888
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	War Service related , Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 1 June 1919, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Hughenden General Cemetery, Queensland Grave 982
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Townsville WW1 Honour Roll, Townsville Grammar School WWI Honour Board

World War 1 Service

6 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Townsville, Queenlsand
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2195, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2195, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Worshipful Brother Lieutenant Thomas Edwyn Andrews

Thomas Edwyn Andrews was born on the 23rd of August 1888 in Ingham, Queensland, to Thomas and Ruth Andrews. He married his fiancée Elsie Louise Oliver on the 15th of May 1912 at St Peters Church in the West End of Townsville and adopted a son John Edwin Andrews (born on the 17th of March 1914 and served in the Australian Army in the Second World War). Thomas was employed as a clerk before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on the 6th of March 1916. He served with the 41st Battalion on the Western Front until being invalided back to Australia with a lung complaint on the 25th of August 1917. Upon returning to Australia, he was transferred to the Home Service in which he was commissioned to the rank of Lieutenant on the 1st of March 1919 in the 31st Battalion. While still serving with the 31st Battalion he succumbed to his war related lung complaint on the 1st of June 1919, in Hughenden Queensland.

Thomas is buried at the Hughenden Cemetery in Queensland, grave 982. He is commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. City of Townsville WW1 Honour Roll and the Townsville Grammar School WW1 Honour Board at the rank of Private as the last rank he had obtained when serving in the Australian Imperial Forces.

References –

Private Thomas Edwyn (Edwin) Andrews (1888-1919) - Find a Grave Memorial

VWMA Website

CWGC Website

AWM Website

NAA Website

QLD BDM Website

S Cox, PM, January 2024

Biography

41 Battalion

Rank - Private

Returned to Australia 25 August 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Elsie Andrews, Philp Street, Hermit Park, Townsville, Queensland.

Son of Thomas Edward Andrews and Ruth Morris, Corner James and Edward Streets, South Brisbane

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