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". In later life he lived at Boort.
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 Lintonian's Association and attended its reunions in the 1930s. Photograph is part of Old Lintonian collection; No. 124.
He died at Bendigo in 1937 and is buried with other members of his family in Section 2 of the Linton cemetery.

Physical description

Black and white copy of original photograph of a man dressed in a suit and tie, and holding a hat.