EVERSHED, Daniel
| Service Number: | 1532 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Washington, Worthing, Sussex, England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Church of England |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | pneumonia - died of illness, received in action, 41st Stationary Hospital, Pont Remy, France, No. 41 Stationary Hospital, Pont Remy, Picardie, France, 30 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot XIIIA, Row BB, Grave 4 - (Originally buried in Dury Hospital Military Cemetery, Plot 2, Row E, Grave 2 - 3/4 miles south of Amiens - later exhumed and reburied in this cemetery)., Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Busigny, Cambrai, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1532, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1532, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1532, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 31 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1532, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Oct 1917: | Wounded Sergeant, 1532, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW (face) | |
| 29 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Jul 1918: | Wounded Company Sergeant Major, 1532, 20th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 2nd occasion (gas) | |
| 29 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 1532, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1532 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1918-10-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 1885 in Westington, Sussex, England
Father Daniel Evershed and Mother Sarah Jane Evershed,
lived at Rock Washington, near Pulborough, Sussex, England.
Brothers:
1943 Corporal Allen Evershed - 4th Infantry Battalion
Born 1882 in Hastings, Sussex, England
18/01/1915 enlisted into WWI
13/04/1915 embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A55 Kyarra
as a Private with 4th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
Fought in Lone Pine charge at Gallipoli
16/04/1918 Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France
No known grave
His name is commemorated on:
- the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
- Panel 40 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
G/4673 Sergeant Percy Evershed MSM - Royal Sussex Regiment, 13th Battalion
Born 1884
Wife: Kate Evershed, of Ashington, Pulborough, Sussex
28/05/1918 died in action (34 years of age)
buried in: Mont St. Quentin Cemetery, Memorial 1.
later buried in: PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Daniel was described on enlisting as 30 years 1 month of age; 5' 4 1/4" tall; 139 lbs;
blue eyes; brown hair; Church of England
15/04/1915 enlisted into WWI (Nominal Roll) at Liverpool, NSW
01/05/1915 appointed to 1st reinforcements, 19th Battalion, Liverpool Camp
12/05/1915 embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT Themistocles
as a Private with 19th Infantry Battalion, 1st reinforcements
03/08/1915 proceeded to join Mediterranean Expditionary Forces, Gallipoli
31/08/1915 taken on strength 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC Gallipoli
11/10/1915 sick with diarrhoea, admitted to hospital, Gallipoli
21/10/1915 admitted to 3rd Auxillary hospital, Heliopolis
04/12/1915 discharged to Base
08/01/1916 returned to duty, Tel'bir
18/03/1916 proceeded to join British Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria
25/03/1916 disembarked into Marseilles, France
02/09/1916 promoted to Acting Corporal with 19th Infantry Battalion
07/09/1916 promoted to Corporal, 19th Infantry Battalion
14/11/1916 sick with trench feed admitted to 39th Casualty Clearing Station, France
18/11/1916 transferred by Ambulance Train, Rouen, France
21/11/1916 admitted to 8th General Hospital, Rouen, France
23/11/1916 admitted to 39th General Hospital, England
24/11/1916 transferred to 1st Southern General Hospital, England
12/02/1917 granted furlo (leave) in England
28/02/1917 returned to Perham Downs, England (ex furlo)
15/06/1917 proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton
16/06/1917 marched in to Havre, France
03/07/1917 rejoined 19th Infantry Battalion
21/08/1917 promoted Lance Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion
22/09/1917 promoted Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion in Belgium
06/10/1917 gassed to face, received in action, Third Ypres
admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, in the field
07/10/1917 to 18th Ambulance Train
14/10/1917 admitted to 3rd Convalescent Depot, LeTreport
18/10/1917 admitted to 2nd Australian Depot Base, Havre, France
01/11/1917 rejoined 19th Infantry Battalion unit in Belgium
09/02/1918 to 2nd Army School, Belgium
17/03/1918 rejoined 19th Infantry Battalion unit in Belgium
29/04/1918 promoted Company Sergeant Major, 19th Infantry Battalion
23/07/1918 2nd occassion - gassed, admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance
transferred to 47th Casualty Clearing Station
24/07/1918 admitted to 41st Stationary Hospital, France
16/08/1918 transferred to Aldershot Hospital, Harefield, England
19/08/1918 discharged to No.3 Convalescent Depot
27/09/1918 marched out to Overseas Training Depot, Sutton Veny
05/10/1918 transferred to reinforcements, 20th Infantry Battalion
24/10/1918 proceeded overseas to France, ex Folkestone, England
28/10/1918 taken on strength 20th Infantry Battalion
20/11/1918 Bronco Pneumonia
admitted to 41st Stationary Hospital, Pont Remy, France
29/10/1918 2:45 am - died of Bronco pneumonia - received in action,
at 41st Stationary Hospital, Pont Remy, France
buried in: Dury Hospital Military Cemetery, Plot 2, Row E, Grave 2
3/4 miles south of Amiens, France
later exhumed and reburied in:
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
Plot XIIIA, Row BB, Grave 4
Medals: 1914/15 Star (17582); British War medal (12319); Victory medal (12260)
Memorial Plaque and Scroll (354806)
His name is commemorated on:
- Panel 91 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
- The Memorial Cross in The Churchyard of Washington Parish Church, Washing, Sussex, England
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 09/04/2017. Lest we forget.
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