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ANDREWS, William
(Service number 11/2021)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Gunner

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	South African War, 1899-1902
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs William Andrews (mother), Roslyn Terrace, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	9th Reinforcements Wellington Mounted Rifles, B Squadron
Date	1 August 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Field Artillery

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	31 August 1918	Age	35
Place of Death	France
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France
Memorial Reference	III. C. 26.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

William Andrews was the son of William and Mary Andrews, of Seddon St., Highfield, Timaru, New Zealand. Born at Waimate, New Zealand. He also served in the South African Campaign.

Sources

Cenotaph Aug 2013

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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