Andrew FREW

Regimental number38950
OccupationFarm hand
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Frew, Mosgiel
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 78 Navua on 16 February 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 13 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row D, Grave No 10), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary Frew, Mosgiel, and the late Andrew Frew
Family/military connectionsBrother: 25/623 Rifleman David FREW, 3rd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed in action, 15 September 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 10

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