George Gilbert Henry EVANS

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EVANS, George Gilbert Henry

Service Number:	148
Enlisted:	1 December 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Archdale, Victoria, Australia, July 1891
Home Town:	Natte Yallock, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Caulfield Grammar School
Occupation:	Student/Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 30 July 1916
Cemetery:	Becourt Military Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Avoca Soldiers Memorial, Natte Yallock Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 148, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 148, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 148, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 148, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
30 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 148, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...148 Private Gilbert George Henry Evans, 21st Battalion. A student from Natte Yallock, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Evans embarked with A Company from Melbourne on HMAT Ulysses on 10 May 1915. On 30 July 1916 he died of wounds received in action at Pozieres and was buried in the Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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