George
Howard
Andrews
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Edwin Andrews
and Anne (Eden) Andrews
Brother of
William Charles Andrews, Edward Robert Andrews, Ann Elizabeth Andrews, James Joseph Andrews, John Horace Andrews, Martha Jane (Andrews) Fowler and Albert Harold Andrews
Husband of
Bessie Mary (Rennell) Andrews
— married
1920 in New Zealand
Father of
Albert Melvin Andrews
Died
at age 82
in Wakefield, Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Apr 2014
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George Andrews is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Biography
George was born in 1883. He was the son of Edwin Andrews and Annie Eden. [1]
George Andrews was Wounded in Action during World War I.
George Howard Andrews (Service number 15464) served in the Army during World War I,. A farmer in civilian life, he gave his next of kin as E. Andrews (father), of Brightwater, Nelson, He embarked 26 July 1916 aboard HMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 the vessels Waitemata or Ulimaroa. He was a Private in the 15th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] He was reported as a "severe case in a recent hospital report" in 1916 [3]
He married Bessie Mary Rennell in 1920 [4]
He passed away in 1966 age 83 [5]
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Sources
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Birth registration 1883/17715
- ↑ Online cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum
- ↑ PERSONAL ITEMS. Nelson Evening Mail, 20 December 1916
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Marriage registration 1920/9720
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Death registration 1966/27159
- Find A Grave: Memorial #192772804
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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