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ANDREWS, Christopher Reginald
Personal Details
Service Number: | 188 |
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Enlisted: | 24 December 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Southport, Queensland, Australi, 8 December 1894 |
Home Town: | Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Natural causes, Southport, Queensland, Australia, 30 June 1924, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Southport General Cemetery, Gold Coast |
Memorials: | Southport Shire Council Roll of Honour, Southport War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 188, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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1 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Air Mechanic | |
16 Mar 1916: | Embarked Second Corporal, 188, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
16 Mar 1916: | Involvement Second Corporal, 188, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
8 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Royal Flying Corps | |
6 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps | |
7 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
19 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW head (eye) and buttocks | |
30 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
21 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, HT Ceramic, Liverpool for reurn to Australia - disembarking Lytton 20 March 1919 and released after quarantine on 27 March 1919 | |
10 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion |
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