Historical information

Tom Andrews, whose father (also called Tom) was thought to have come to Linton from Jamaica, lived near the Battery Dam. Little is known of his life, other than that he attended the Methodist Church and was "a very respected citizen".
He is in a photograph of the Linton football team taken c.1915-1920. (Registration number 2019-247 - Mounted photograph 424.)
Tom was a member of the Old Lintonians' Association and attended its reunions in the 1930s.
He died at Bendigo in 1937, and is buried with other members of his family in Section 2 of the Linton cemetery.
Photograph is part of Old Lintonian collection ; No. 124.

Physical description

Black and white photograph of a man, of African-American appearance, dressed in two piece suit, collar and tie, holding hat with both hands in front, and standing in a garden.

Inscriptions & markings

"Tom Andrews Easter 1936 taken by J W Hall".