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EVANS, Launcelot Hugh
| Service Number: | 3151 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 15 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Memorials: | Norwood Baptist Church WW1 Honour Rolls, Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3151, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3151, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3151, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 3151, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Biography on Launcelot Hugh Evans
Launcelot Hugh Evans was aged 25 years old when he signed up for the Australian defense force. Launcelot used to be a commercial traveler before he enlisted. A commercial traveler is a person that travells lots trying to get someone to buy or use a product they are selling. He was not married and he did not have any kids. No other Jobs or opportunities were found in Lancelot’s profile. Lancelot was born in South Australia, Norwood. His next of kin was his farther named Williams Hugh Evans. The reason why Launcelot entered the war was probably he got peer pressured by surrounding family members and friends as they signed up prior to his embankment for the Australian defense force. Lancelot was a averaged sized man at a 5 feet tall and 6 inchers. He was in the 50th battalion and he was the 8th reinforcement.
He embarked from Adelaide to Berrima and then disembarked to Devonport. He was wounded (injury unspecified) on the 19th October 1917. Then he recovered and got sick again and and stayed in hospital for the next 10 months. After he recovered he rejoined the army on the 1st October 1918. He stayed there until the 13th December 1918. Then he was off to London with the 50th battalion on the 15th December 1918.
The 50th battalion in Egypt. Most of the men in the 50th battalion were from South Australia. then the 50 battalion went off to France and that is were they had there first real battle it was called the Mouquet. On the 3 September they became the front line and they trained labouring behind the line. That went all the way through winter from 1916-17. In the early 1917 the 50th battalion went on a retreat to Hindenburg in Germany. Then they were in a battle called the Messines between 7 and 12 of June and the battle of Polygon Wood on the 26 of September. then the routine of winter trench followed. on march 1918 the Germans lunched a big attack on the western front on the 5 of April 1918 the 50th battalion was assisting to take out the German army. The 50th battalion always played I big role in the Allies. The 50th Battalion ceased to exist as a separate entity when it amalgamated with the 51st Battalion on 6 March 1919.
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