Virtual War Memorial | Alexander Arthur EVANS DSO, MC, MID*

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EVANS, Alexander Arthur

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	18 August 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	4th Division Artillery
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 3 November 1881
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 3 June 1955, aged 73 years
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Derwent Gardens, Aust.Imp.Forc Arch, 1 South, Number 5, C
Memorials:	Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
17 Sep 1914:	Involvement 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1914:	Embarked 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
1 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
15 Mar 1916:	Honoured Military Cross, ANZAC / Gallipoli, For conspicuous gallantry at Anzac, Gallipoli Peninsular. When one of the enemy's shells fell in a gun pit, exploded seven rounds of 18lb ammunition and set fire to the brushwood covering the pit, Lieutenant Evans, though dazed by the explosion, assisted by only a few men, beat out the fire. He and his party were in great danger of being blown up by the explosion of a magazine which was threatened by the fire
8 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Division Artillery
1 Jun 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
10 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 4th Division Artillery
28 May 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
3 Jun 1918:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
16 Mar 1921:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 4th Division Artillery

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