EVANS, Thomas Joseph
| Service Number: | 781 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dalveen, Queensland, Australia, 5 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Cambooya, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Fettler |
| Died: | Myocardial Infarct, Padgets Disease, Ostergenic Carcinoma, Nueropothy, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 20 October 1964, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Buried Lutheran Section, Block 3, Allotment 40 - Unmarked. Another person was buried in the same grave in June 2004 |
| Memorials: | Cambooya War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 781, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 781, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Rosemary Owens nee Evans
Thomas Joseph Evans was my Great Uncle. He was one of two brothers to fight in WW 1. He returned from the War a different person to the one who signed up in 1915. He fought on the Western Front spending Christmas of 1916 and 1917 in the trenches. In September 1918 was wounded and evacuated to England. He was returned to Australia and disembarked 1st February 1919.
Thomas returned to civilian life in Toowoomba and took up his former employment with the Railway. Sadly, he was always tormented by his experiences in France and became plagued by alcohol in later life. He never married, but remains a treasured uncle by the Evans Family.
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