EVANS, William Weston
Service Number: | 9448 |
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Enlisted: | 28 December 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 11th Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, 27 March 1887 |
Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Line repairer |
Died: | Queensland, 14 December 1939, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
Biography contributed by Paul Widdup
Son of George Edwin Charles Evans and Elizabeth (nee Mitchell)
Awarded the Military Medal (www.awm.gov.au)... The 11th Field Company Engineers daily reports reads;
"Pack Mules were successfully used independently used by the company and a little later for transport to forward jobs. Driver AA Paget received Military medal for good work with the pack train, while 2nd Corporal CC Jones and Lance Corporal WW Evans were similarly rewarded for devotion for duty with the sappers." - This was during the battle of Messines