WOODMAN, Andrew Thomas
| Service Number: | 343 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman |
| Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 23 June 1870 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Ottoshoop, Ottoshoop, Cape Colony, South Africa, 20 August 1900, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Zeerust Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Boer War Memorial, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Sale Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 343, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 343, Victorian Imperial Bushmen | |
| 1 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 343, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Departed from Port Melbourne on "Victorian". Disembarked at Beira in Portugueses Mozambique on 23/05/1900. Then entrained for Rhodesia. | |
| 20 Aug 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 343, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, K.I.A. |
Help us honour Andrew Thomas Woodman's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Andrew Thomas WOODMAN was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria in 1870
His parents were Matthew WOODMAN & Ann PHILLIPS
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Matthew WOODMAN & Ann nee PHILLIPS
PRIVATE A. T. WOODMAN.
Private Woodman, of the Australian Imperial Regiment, who was killed on the 20th of August, at Ottoshoof, was a son of Mr Matthew Woodman, of Forge Creek. His father and mother and several brothers and sisters, and other relatives, are living in the district, where they are widely known and respected. Andrew Thomas, the second son, was born at Forge Creek, in 1871 (writes the "Bairnsdale Courier") and after reaching manhood, had travelled in other parts of the colony, being employed at Orbost when he decided to offer
himself for the Bushmen's contingent.
He was a fine manly fellow, an expert bushman and rider, and a fairly good shot. He was also well-known as a cricketer, and was well esteemed by all who knew him. When about to leave to join his company, he informed a friend that he was going for the Victoria Cross if there was any chance to get it. He has not had the chance as far as we know, but has attained a perhaps no less honorable goal, "a soldier's grave." Possibly in trying for the one, he found the other. He landed with Carrington's Bushmen at Beira, and lost his life at Ottoshoof on the 20th. inst. On the 23rd his father received a cable from the General conveying the melancholy intelligence, and one from the Victorian Secretary for Defence conveying the' sympathy of the Minister.
Click images to start slideshow.