Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Herbert Edward or Edwin Andrews
Ancestor's date of birth: 12/09/1875
Ancestor's date of death: 08/08/1918
Cause of Death: Acute lobar pneumonia, acute dilation of the heart, myocarditis.
Service Number: 2141
Colony or State of enlistment: TAS, Place of Enlistment: Tasmania
Unit: 3 Bn Australian Commonwealth Horse - E Squadron
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of Post Boer War Service
Murray Page: 571
Contingent: Second Australian
Ship: Englishman, Date of Sailing: 08/04/1902
Memorial details: Grenfell Cemetery NSW
Awards/Decorations: QSA with clasps SA1902, Transvaal
Personal Characteristics: A carrier from Hobart
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: This battalion arrived too late to see active service in South Africa.
Service and life after the Boer War: After the war he left Tasmania and followed his sister to NSW. He married Elizabeth Adelaide Kelly in Yerong Creek and became a farmer in Grenfell. Both he and is wife passed away at a young age and their children Francis 9, Jessie 4 and Elsa 2 were left in the care of their mother's sister Jessie Kelly. There was a second born child Herbert who died at 1 year of age.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Annette Hamilton, Wagga Wagga NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand DaughterName of Descendant: Belinda Sillar, Tumut NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand DaughterName of Descendant: Judith Meacham, Kooringal NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand DaughterName of Descendant: Del Blowes, Wagga Wagga NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter
