EVANS, Bertie Alfred
| Service Number: | 283 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dudley Street, Parkside, 26 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mitcham, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mitcham Public School |
| Occupation: | Tram conductor |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Bois Grenier, France, 27 December 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 24, Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 283, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 283, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 283, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 27 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 283, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Bertie Alfred Evans was my great-uncle, my grandfather's brother. This information is from his Army records, and family knowledge.
He was the son of Sarah (nee Penley) and John George Evans, had 3 brothers and one sister, and grew up at Upper Mitcham.
When he was a child, Bert's father went missing, presumed dead, in a mining disaster in NSW, and his mother later married H. Pengilly. Bert's mother, then of Fullarton, SA, was his next-of-kin in his army records.
Bert was unmarried, 5ft 10ins, with hazel eyes. After enlisting he sailed on 9/6/1916 on A19 "Afric" for England, then several months later to France. Six weeks after Bert's death on 27/12/1917, his nephew (my father) was born, also named Bertie Alfred Evans in his memory.
War service: Western Front
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
AWM Roll of Honour - 136
My father served in the Army in WWII. (SX4626).
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