KEVAN, Robert Lyall
| Service Number: | 582 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916, Enlisted in Prahran, Victoria as part of the 38th Battalion, B Company recruitment. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 18 October 1884 |
| Home Town: | Koroit, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Koroit State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Koroit State School Honour Roll, Koroit War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 582, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Prahran, Victoria as part of the 38th Battalion, B Company recruitment. | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 582, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 582, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 582, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 582 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 582, 38th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action, Belgium. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Agnes Kevan, of Koroit, Victoria.
The Supreme Sacrifice.
Another Koroit soldier is numbered among the gallant young men who heard and answered the call of King and Country, and gave his life in consequence. On Wednesday morning the Defence Department asked the Rev. R. Nairn to inform Mr. and Mrs. John Kevan that their son, Lance-Corporal Lyall Kevan, was killed in action on 4th ult. He was 33 years of age, and enlisted in January last year, and after several months in training at the Bendigo camp sailed on 20th June. He was 12 months in the trenches in France and Belgium, and has regularly corresponded with his parents, giving an account of his exploits. In an engagement before being killed Lance-Corporal Kevan was one of 30 who got safely back out of 150 taking part in a charge. The deceased soldier was a native of Koroit, and stood high in the estimation of all associates and friends. The people of Koroit and district sympathise deeply with the sorrowing parents and relatives in the great loss they have sustained. Lance-Corporal Kevan spent some years in Western Australia, being mostly engaged in prospecting and mining. At the time of enlistment he was engaged in farming pursuits in Gippsland.
KEVAN.—Killed in action at Ypres, on the 4th October, 1917, Lance Corporal Robert Lyall Kevan, late 38th Battalion, second son of John and Agnes Kevan.
[Inserted by his Father, Mother, and Brothers.]
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