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ANDREWS, John Richard
(Service number 2/2773)

Aliases	Known as Richard
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank

Birth

Date	27/06/1893	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Allnott [Allnutt] Street, Temuka
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs A. F. ANDREWS (mother), 13 Allnott [Allnutt] Street, Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	10th Reinforcements Details, New Zealand Field Artillery
Date	22 February 1916
Transport	Waihora
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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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
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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Hotel employee

Death

Date	1 August 1960	Age	67 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 191, Plot 920
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Richard Andrews was the younger son of John Richard and Ada Fanny (née Timpson) Andrews. His schooling at Temuka School was halted when it was found that he was under school age and was afterwards interrupted by illness.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [17 March 2017]; School admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [18 March 2017]

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