Lance Corporal Sylvester Leonard Andrews
- Rank
- Lance Corporal
- Appointment
- Australian Army 1917 Western Front
- Service number
- 675
- Unit
- 44 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- Messines, Belgium
- Date of death
- 8 June 1917
- Age
- 27
- Plaque number
- MW66
- Co-located plaques
- MW66A - 2LT Edward Hocking
- Dedicated by
- O&G Rankine on 17 November 2001
- More information
Lance Corporal Sylvester Leonard Andrews 675 (1889-1917, born Melrose, South Australia) enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Perth, Western Australia, on 11 February 1916 and was trained at Blackboy Hill Greenmount), Western Australia. He was assigned to D Company, 44th Australian Infantry Battalion and embarked for the Western Front in June 1916, arriving in France on 25 November 1916. On 8 June 1917, during the Battle of Messines, Belgium (7-10 June 1917), the Battalion was sent into action with A Company sustaining heavy losses and D Company sent to plug the resultant gap where he was killed in action.
Lance Corporal Andrews has no known grave and his official memorial is the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, where his name is shown on Panel 27. His Place of Association is Perth, Western Australia.
His honour plaque in Kings Park was dedicated by O and G Rankine on 17 November 2001. He is the son of Archibald Frederick Andrews (1837-1902) and Susan Eliza Andrews (nee Yates) (1853-1909). His attestation papers list his next-of-kin as his sister Genevive Muriel Wood (nee Andrews).
Lance Corporal Andrews is remembered with honour.