Herbert Edwin ANDREW

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Service Number:	VX26890
Enlisted:	28 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fishguard, Wales, United Kingdom, 19 January 1912
Home Town:	Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Official
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated ~ Panel 17, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Echuca War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, VX26890
28 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
28 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX26890, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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2/22 Battalion

Rank - Lance Corporal

Son of Ernest Everard Andrew and Henrietta Andrew, of Echuca, Victoria.