Hugh Bernard ANDREWS

Regimental number28931
Date of birth19 October 1891
Place of birthTemuka
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinWife, Mrs I R Andrews, Allnutt Street, Temuka
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 71 Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Final rankSergeant
FateCommenced return to New Zealand
Discharge date21 July 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Proceeded overseas to France from England, 28 May 1917.

Detached to School of Instruction, 17 July 1917; rejoined unit from detachment, 25 July 1917.

Transferred to NZ Infantry Reserve Brigade, Sling Camp, England, 4 March 1918.

Detached to attend Course of Instruction in bombing, Lyndhurst, 5-22 June 1918: qualified 1st Class.

Detached to attend bombing course, Chisledon, 13 July 1918.

Promoted Sergeant, 26 November 1918.

Appointed Temporary Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Isolation Camp, Larkhill, 26 January 1919; relinquished temporary appointment, 9 April 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMNZT 'Mauganui', 23 June 1919; discharged (termination of period of engagement), 21 July 1919.

War service: 3 years 24 days (of which 2 years 199 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death23 November 1950 Temuka
Age at death59
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 7
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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