ANDREWS, Lot
Service Number: | 2424 |
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Enlisted: | 11 June 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Singleton, New South Wales, 1 November 1894 |
Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Mt Pleasant Public School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 22 July 1916, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
11 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2424, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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14 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2424, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
14 Jul 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2424, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
LOT ANDREWS 1894 - 1916
Lot was born in the Singleton District and resided with his parents in the Mt. Olive area after receiving his education at Mt. Pleasant School. After leaving school he worked on his father, Peter's farm and at the age of 19 years joined the A.I.F. He was killed in action between the 22nd and 27th July 1916 whilst serving with the 33rd Battalion in France. An article in the Singleton Argus Newspaper of Saturday 19th August 1916 read as follows; " A telegram from Colonel Luscombe, Victoria Barracks, has been received by Mr & Mrs Peter Andrews, of Dunolly, informing them that their son, Private Lot Andrews, of the 33rd Battalion, had been killed in France, in action, between 22nd and 27th July. The telegram conveyed to the bereaved parents the sympathy of their Majesties the King and Queen and the Commonwealth Government in the loss they and the army had sustained in the death of the late soldier. Private Andrews was almost 22 years of age, and enlisted some 18 months ago. He was born in the Singleton District and prior to leaving home had been employed on his father's farm. Flags were flown at half-mast in town when the sad news was made known." The death of Lot caused his brother Abel to enlist in the A.I.F. and he also served in France and in his words to get even with the loss of his brother.
Submitted 3 January 2016 by Roy Andrews Andrews
Biography
Son of Elizabeth Ann & Peter Andrews of Dunolly via Singleton, New South Wales
05 Sep 1915 - Taken on strength
20 Oct 1915 - Rejoined unit from Re-inforcement camp
29 Dec 1915 - To hospital. pneumonia
08 Jan 1916 - Dangerously ill pneumonia
22 Jan 1916 - To Alexandria with pneumonia and enteric
31 Jan 1916 - Admitted to Heliopolis Hospital, Enteric
16 Mar 1916 - Discharged to duty
29 Mar 1916 - Embarked at Alexnadria of B.E.F
04 Apr 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles
15 May 1916 - Rejoined unit