Thomas Robert (Jim) EVANS

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Service Number:	352
Enlisted:	26 October 1914, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, 1889
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	State School, England
Occupation:	Sawyer
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, 26 November 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery Plot 1, Row G, Grave 14 Chaplain M. Woods Headstone inscription reads: Nobly he fell whilst fighting for liberty Mother
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba HR1, Toowoomba St James' M2

26 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 352, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, SN 352, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, SN 352, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
28 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, SN 352, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli, Slight wound and remained on duty
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Trooper, SN 352, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli

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Arrived in Australia aged 20 years

Son of John and Eliza Evans of 'Tasma', Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD. Brother of Sarah Ann Newman nee Evans of Manly, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal