| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0042 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Andrews, Alan Malcolm |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Haberfield, Egypt, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 1930 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/2613 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Andrews, Alan Malcolm (Company Quarter Master Sergeant, b.1895 - d.1917)
Description
Collection relating to service of 325 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Alan Malcolm Andrews, 53 Battalion, Gallipoli and Egypt, 1915-1916. Collection includes extracts from letters written by Andrews to his mother. Typewritten copies made in 1930 by Andrews' mother at request of the Memorial. Location of originals unknown.
History / Summary
Letter on file from Andrews' mother Mrs M. E. Andrews, 27 March 1930, responds to the Memorial's request for records as follows "I could not part with the originals, for you to copy, even for one night." Letter also relates how her son wrote positively of his experiences to her, but more frankly to his brother, and was always circumspect in what he wrote because of security concerns. Mrs Andrews also indicates in her letter that a Miss Ethel [Dunlop] Anderson was interested in Andrews' letters as they had corresponded. According to the file, Miss Anderson married Stanley Melbourne Bruce in 1913.
Biographical note: 325 CQMS Alan Malcolm Andrews, 53 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Died of accidental injuries, Wiltshire, 17 March 1917. Age 22. Son of Joseph and Matilda Ellen Andrews, of Ercildoune, Deakin Avenue, Haberfield, Sydney. Born at Wingham, New South Wales.