ANDREWS, Roy Ernest
| Service Number: | 18533 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Portland, Victoria, Australia, 25 March 1916 |
| Home Town: | Dimboola, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Timor, 13 April 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dimboola Memorial Secondary College Roll of Honor WW2, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour, Portland WW2 Honour Roll, Portland WW2 Memorial, Portland and District St. Stephen's Anglican Church WW2 Supreme Sacrifice Roll of Honor |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, 18533 | |
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| 18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 18533 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
The book "Highest Traditions - the history of 2 Squadron RAAF" by John Bennett has a chapter titled 'Penfoei Pedestrians' which covers the experiences of the volunteers that stayed behind when the last of the aircraft departed on 19 February 1942
A combination of RAAF personnel, a RAN officer and some AIF men was rescued by a USN Submarine some two months later (17 & 18 April 1942)
In that time four men succumbed to various illnesses
Pilot Officer Peter Horwood Arthur Thompson 400845
Corporal Roy Ernest Andrews 18533
AC James Albert Graham 35933
Private Clement Clements TX4036 AIF who died on the 8th of April from snake-bite.