Elvin Thomas ANDREWS

ANDREWS, Elvin Thomas

Service Number: NX46292
Enlisted: 5 July 1940, Newcastle, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 30 October 1917
Home Town: Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, New Guinea, 5 June 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
(CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot DD. Row C. Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MAY ENJOY PEACE".
Memorials: Alstonville War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX46292
5 Jul 1940: Enlisted Newcastle, New South Wales
5 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX46292, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
5 Jun 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX46292, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action New Guinea.

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Biography

2/4 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Charles Henry and Sarah Andrews, of Goonellabah, New South Wales.