Lewis Yelland Andrews

Andrews enlisted in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in World War I and served as a private at Gallipoli in the Australian Light Horse.

[7] His assassination on 26 September 1937 led the British government to respond by outlawing the Arab Higher Committee and ordering the arrest of its members.

[9] Shortly after the murder, an Australian friend from their days together in the Light Horse regiment staggered around in drunken distress and shot every Arab that came into his sights with a pair of revolvers.

[4] Hundreds of suspects of terrorism were rounded up and given "gentlemanly persuasion" which consisted in Black and Tans, Turkish and "third degree" methods violent enough to be called torture.

[10] The Arab Higher Committee (AHC) was quickly declared illegal and Amin al-Husayni was removed from his post as president of the Supreme Muslim Council.

The day after Jamal al-Husayni and five other members of the AHC, whom the British authorities held responsible for the recent Arab violence, were served with restrictive orders.