 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa muBrăila mumhuri yevashandi vehurumende vepasi, Andrei akapinda Chikoro chepamusoro cheNicolae Bălcescu kubva muna 1902 kusvika muna 1910. Akabva atamira kuIași, kwaakanyoresa muchikoro chemabhuku uye uzivi cheYunivhesiti yeIași, achipedza kudzidza muna 1913. Paaiva mudzidzi, mudzidzisi wake aiva Ion Petrovici. Akaenderera mberi nedzidzo yake muBerlin, uko akaongorora musangano pamusoro pezvakanaka uye nhoroondo yehuzivi, uye muLeipzig. Achidzokera kumusha apo hondo yakatanga, akazvipira nokuda kwebasa, pasinei nokuti akanga asunungurwa nemhaka yokuti baba vake vakanga vafa. Akapihwa kune regiment ye infantry munaKurume 1915, uye kubva muna Chikunguru kusvika munaGunyana 1916, panguva iyo Romania yakapinda muhondo, akapinda chikoro chevakuru vemauto muTârgoviște. Akatumirwa kune rimwe boka, rinoshanda muna November, uye akazviratidza muhondo dzeOituz, Slănic nomupata weCashin. Nokuda kwezviito zvake zveushingi, akapiwa Order of the Star of Romania, Order of the Crown uye War Cross neBars. 