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MCANDREW, John George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 28973 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
Born: | Limekilns near Bathurst, New South Wales, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Superior Public School, Bathurst |
Occupation: | Ironmonger |
Died: | Killed in Action, River Somme, France, 21 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Frechencourt Communal Cemetery Row A, Grave 15 Headstone Inscription "GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST O LORD LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE ON HIM", Frechencourt Communal Cemetery, Frechencourt, Amiens, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 28973, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 28973, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
21 Apr 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 28973, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 28973 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-04-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of James Willox and Catherine McANDREW, of Macquarrie House, George Street, Bathurst, New South Wales. Native of Limekilns, Bathurst.