EVANS, Allen Ernest
| Service Number: | 58787 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1918, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 22 January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Ryde Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Junior clerk |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Fovant, England, 20 October 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Compton Chamberlayne Cemetery Grave No. 200 - Military Section INSCRIPTION CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 58787, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 17 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 58787, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 58787, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 20 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 58787 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Vicki Heneker
Allan Ernest Evans was born 22 January 1899 at Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
He was a Junior Clerk when he enlisted on 20 May 1918 and given his Regimental Service Number: 58785
His father was Ernest Wesley EVANS, his mother Agnes E.Henderson.
At the time of his enlistment his father's address is given as: Quarry Road, Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Allan had 5 siblings, Keith David 1900-1981, Dorothy Agnes 1902-1969, Archibald H. 1904-, Colin Edric 1907-1982, Norman C 1910- Laurence G 1912.
On the 17 Jul 1918 he embarked in Sydney onto the HMAT Borda. The ship remained at sea until disembarking in London on 27 Sep 1918.
Unfortunately Allan became ill. He was admitted to the ship's hospital on 5 Aug 1918, and released on the 5 Aug 1918. By the time the ship disembarked
in London on 27 Sep 1918 he was ill enough to be admitted to the Military Hospital in Fovant, Wiltshire, England. Sadly this hospital saw many young Australian
Soldier's died regulary of Pneumonia in WW1, Allan Ernest Evans had not even had the chance it seems to serve his country before contracting pneumonia.
He died far away from home and from his family, on 24 Oct 1918 and is buried at Comton Chamberlayne Cemetery MR Salisbury Grave No. 200, Military Section Consecrated Ground.
Allan is described in his Military Records as being 5ft 6 inches in height, weighing 130 lbs, chest size of 30, 34 1/2 inches, with a medium complexion, fair hairnd of the Methodist Religion. He was aged 19 years and 4 months on his enlistment, and was single. R.I.P.
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