ANDREWS, Charles Eric
(Service number 15/109)
| First Rank | Captain | Last Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
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Birth
| Date | 09/04/1875 | Place of Birth | Bognor, Sussex, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 August 1914 | Age | 39 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | Preston Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Captain NZSC | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs C. ANDREWS, care of Mrs A. McDonald, 19 Renfrew Street, Garnet Hill, Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 2nd Reinforcement | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Headquarters | ||
| Date | 14 December 1914 | ||
| Transport | Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Staff Corps | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt, France | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
London Gazette 3 June 1919
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 26 November 1928 | Age | 53 years |
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| Place of Death | 9 Marris Avenue, Remuera, Auckland (residence) | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Charles Eric Andrews married Christina Cameron Mackenzie on 29 March 1900 at Wellington, New Zealand. Charles Eric Andrews was one of a number of officers appointed to the New Zealand Staff Corps with the rank of Lieutenant, effective from 17 March 1911. Charles and Christina were living in Campbell Street, Timaru at this time, and moved to Preston Street prior to the war. Captain Andrews was in Egypt in January 1915, when his wife arrived in England to offer her services as a nurse in France. As from 18 December 1915, Captain C. E. Andrews was to be temporary major while in command of a company. In June 1916 Major C. E. Andrews, New Zealand staff corps, spent a few weeks' leave in London with his wife who was nursing at the 4th London General Hospital. He then returned to France to rejoin his battalion. Major Charles Eric Andrews was invalided in September 1916 and returned home. Major Andrews, assistant-adjutant-general, was temporarily authorised to exercise the power of adjutant-general in the absence of Colonel Tate in February 1919. It was in June 1919 that the appointment of Major Charles Eric Andrews, NZSC, as an officer of the Order of the British Empire was gazetted.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 February 2020]; Waikumete Cemetery headstone transcription [02 February 2020]; NZ Times, 15 April 1911, Evening Post, 4 May 1916, NZ Herald, 27 June 1916, 15 February 1919, Sun, 21 September 1916, Star, 3 June 1919, Auckland Star, 27 November 1928 (Papers Past) [02 February 2020]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [02 February 2020]
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