BOURCHIER, Evelyn Denison
| Service Number: | 5845 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yarroweyah, Victoria, Australia, 24 August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Yarroweyah, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 4, Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Koonoomoo and District War Memorial, Tocumwal Uniting Church Memorial Plaque |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5845, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5845, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5845, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The Bourchier family were well established landholders in the Koonoomoo, Yarroweyah region, of the Murray River, just opposite Tocumwal in NSW. The circular returned by Evelyn Bourchier’s father may have been the most detailed ever collected. Question 7 "Any other biographical details likely to be of interest..." usually attracted at best a few lines, but in Bourchier's case, his father wrote four pages regarding his son and his family. The family home was on the banks of the Murray River where his father’s people were pioneers dating back 1878. The property “Boomagong” was directly opposite Tocumwal and was the family’s home town. Evelyn received his early schooling in the home, from a governess. He attended Koonoomoo State School for a while. In 1912 the family moved to Ivanhoe in Melbourne and Evelyn attended Scotch College. In 1913 his father purchased several properties including one known as “Byuna” at Finley NSW. Evelyn got involved in the working and management of these properties, particularly “Byuna”. Evelyn Bourchier enlisted in March 1916 and told his mother that men were desperately wanted at the front and he was going to ask permission to go with the first reinforcements he could get into. During the second Bullecourt battle he suffered gunshot wounds to the chest on 3 May 1917 and died the same day at 3 Casualty Clearing Station near Bullecourt, France, at the age of 20.
A brother, 3821, Norman Gerald Bourchier enlisted in May, 1917 and served with the 4 Light Horse in Egypt, Syrian and Palestine.
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