A. E. Tandy
Arthur Tandy was a student at the Ballarat School of Mines who later served with the A.I.F. during World War One.
History
Arthur Elton Tandy was from Bathurst, New South Wales. He studied at the Ballarat School of Mines. He was a member of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company.
C. E. W. BEAN mentions '…About this time, on April 25, apparently by the premature firing of a super sensitive detonator, which was being tested by officers in the company's advanced headquarters, Capt W. P. AVERY and Lts A. E. TANDY (Ballarat, Vic) and G. D. EVANS (Randwick, NSW), were killed, and seven batmen asphyxiated. Cpl J. W. SAXTON (Galong, NSW), one of the proto-men was buried and killed when trying to reach them.[1]
Tandy was buried at the New Cemetery in Poperinghe.
Legacy
See also
- Australian Mining Corps
- Ballarat School of Mines
- Wilfred P. Avery
- Ballarat Avenue of Honour
- Glyndwr David Evans
- World War One
Notes
- Lieutenant Arthur Tandy, of the Australian Tunnelling Corps, and late of Bathurst, was killed in France on Anzac Day.[2]
- Fallen school of Mines Students - the flag at the School of Miens was flown at the half-mast on Tuesday, in memory of Lieut. John M'Whae (Melbourne), Lieut. A.E. Tandy (N.S.W.), Lieut. Harold Bieske (Queensland), three of the school's former highly respected and accomplished students, who have made the supreme sacrifice in fighting for the nation's freedom. Word has also been received that Lieut. Harold Bieske, another student, who is at present in a London Hospital, suffering from severe wounds. The last-named officer has had one leg amputated.[3]
- Lieutenant Arthur Elton Tandy has been killed in France. He was born in East Maitland and after winning a bursary entered the High School. Later he joined the staff of the Lands Department, and afterwards entered the School of Mines at Ballarat, where he passed the examinations with honours. Eventually he was appointed mine manager at Mount Oxide, from with place he enlisted and went to the front. He was mentioned in despatches. He married Isabel Writer in 1913, second daughter of the late John Writer of Rockley, Ballarat. One brother, Corporal Frank Tandy is in France, and was wounded and recommended for the Military Medal. Another brother Percy F. Tandy is in the Engineer Officers’ School at Roseville.[4]
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\ --C.K.Gervasoni 18:28, 14 July 2013 (EST)