EVANS, John James Mervyn
| Service Number: | 4160 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1915, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Milton, NSW, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Burringbar, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Lismore, NSW, 4 April 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremation |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4160, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4160, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4160, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of W A EVANS
Of Burringbar, Tweed River, NSW
OBITUARY
MR. J. J. M. EVANS.
The death occurred in Lismore early yesterday morning of Mr. John James Mervyn Evans 51, a well known resident of 47 Kyogle Street, South Lismore. Mr. Evans was born at Milton on the South Coast and, as a boy came to the Richmond River. He had since lived in Lismore and district. He enlisted in 1914 as a signal man in the A.I.F. and for about four years he was a prisoner in Germany.
He worked for Penneys as a store man for about six years. For the past three years he had been in ill health.
He is survived by his widow, three sons, Frank and Leslie (Gympie), and Harold Evans (Queensland), three daughters, Mrs. F. J. Blanckensee (Mapleton, Queensland), Mrs. M. A. Farley (Nerang), and Miss Irene Evans (Lismore). The funeral wiil move from St. Andrew's Church of England. Lismore, tomorrow, following a service commencing at 9.30 a.m., for cremation in the Mt. Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane.
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