EVANS, Thomas James
| Service Numbers: | 2404, 2404B |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1916, Port Pirie, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 23 June 1885 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Pirie West Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Peronne, France, 2 September 1918, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 23, Row C., Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crystal Brook Warnertown and District WW1 Honour Board, Wandearah East Broughton Plains Region War Memorial, Wandearah East Hundred of Pirie Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Port Pirie, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2404, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' |
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| 21 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2404, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide | |
| 2 Sep 1918: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2404B, 27th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2404B awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-02 |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement 2404, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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"...2404 Private Thomas James Evans, 50 Battalion, of Port Pirie, SA. Pte Evans leased a farm in South Australia between Warnertown and Crystal Brook with his brother George. When the farm lease expired, he enlisted on 9 March 1916, and embarked from Adelaide on HMAT Commonwealth on 21 September 1916 with the 5th Reinforcements. On 17 December 1916 he was transferred to the 27th Battalion, in which his brother also served, taking the service number 2404B. He was wounded in action on 22 March 1917, and rejoined his battalion on 9 May 1917. He was admitted to hospital on 7 June 1917, and transferred to England with trench fever. After treatment in England, he rejoined his battalion on 26 October 1917. He was wounded a second time on 10 June 1918, and rejoined the battalion once more on 9 August 1918. On 2 September 1918, he was killed in action at Peronne in France, at the age of 33." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private T. J. EVANS, killed in action September 2, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. John Evans, Butler's Bridge, Port Pirie. Another son and a daughter are on active service. Sergeant W. FAINT, of the original 10th Battalion, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Faint, New Hindmarsh, was killed in action on August 11. After serving for four years he went to Fort Glan on August 5, 1914 (the day after the war began), with the citizen force. He enlisted on August 19, 1914. He was then a cleaner at the Mile-End running sheds. He left Australia on October 20, 1914, and was wounded twice on Gallipoli. He left Egypt with the first contingent for France, where he remained till after the battle of Pozieres. His brother Frank was taken prisoner there, and Sergeant Faint then obtained his first leave of seven days. His younger brother is now in camp.
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