Henry EVANS

EVANS, Henry

    Service Number: 383
    Enlisted: 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Pontville, Tas.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Longford, Tasmania, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Westbury, Meander Valley, Tasmania
    Schooling: State School, Tasmania, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 35, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Westbury St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour, Westbury War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    25 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 383, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Pontville, Tas.
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 383, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 383, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    His record shows that he was born in Longford, near Perth Tasmania however in the AWM Circular his mother wrote only that he was born in Perth, which has since been confused with Perth Western Australia

    Son of Joseph Evans and Esther Evans(later known as Esther Bennett of Westbury, Tas.

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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