Ernest Victor BEVAN

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Service Number:	744
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stanwell Moor, Middlesex, England, 1892
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Croydon High School, Surrey, England
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 744, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 744, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 744, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Arrived in Australia aged 22 years

Son on James Frederick Bevan and Hannah Bevan of 62 Kington Road, Teddington, Middlesex, England. Brother of P.S. Bevan of Greymouth, England

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

Also served in the 1st Argyle and South Highlanders Territorials Regiments