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EVANS, Andrew David
| Service Number: | 636 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, at Morphettville |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eudunda, South Australia, Australia, June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Currier's Improver |
| Memorials: | Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 636, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Morphettville | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 636, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 636, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
November 1917 Private Evans started work at the General Post Office Adelaide.
Biography contributed by Saint Ignatius' College
Soldier Biography
Andrew David Evans joined the war at only 19 years old before the war he was a currier, which was a job in the tanning of hides to turn them into leather. Andrew was a single, fit, young man ideal in the eyes of the army due to the fact that he would not be worrying about his wife and children while on the front line. Andrew was in the cadets when he was young and made it to senior cadets, so he had some experiences with the lighter side of war, this was very common amongst young men of that time and this placed a sense of normality around war or the honour of war. Andrew Evans was a natural born British subject with a clean record of no convictions.
Andrew David Evans was placed into the 10th Infantry Battalion. He trained both in Australia and in Egypt at Mena camp, where many Australian soldier trained. There were reports of the camp always being dusty with dust covering the tents thickly and getting in their food tins. The camp had a lot of Australian soldiers, so it was easier to get adjusted to the camp. Animals such as kangaroos and other iconic Australian animals were brought from Australia as a mascots to keep up morale.
Evans landed at Gallipoli with the 10th Battalion on the first day (25 April 1915) but was only on the peninsula for a short time. On the 1st of May he suffered a bomb wound to his back, left arm and left foot which caused him to be evacuated to Egypt. On the 10th of June Andrew David Evans was admitted to con depot Mustapha for his wounds. This was a war hospital in Egypt made up of tents holding beds to facilitate all of the injured coming back from Gallipoli. On the 29th July Andrew was relocated to con hospital Helouan; Andrew was relocated back and forth between these hospitals for two months until on the 13thof August Andrew Evans was put on a ship to return to Australia. Andrew David Evans was officially declared unfit for battle and discharged from the army on the 28th of February 1916.
Andrew David Evans showed the ANZAC spirit in many way throughout his time fighting at Gallipoli by returning after he got shot in the arm to help out his country and his friends. Every Australian soldier showed ANZAC spirit because they weren’t forced to go and the decided that it was the right thing to do to fight in the war. Andrew David Evans showed courage throughout his fighting and got injured as a result of fighting in Gallipoli.
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