Samuel Edley EVANS

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EVANS, Samuel Edley

Service Numbers:	SX38810, S59449
Enlisted:	5 July 1945, Hq First Aust Army
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Peterborough, South Australia, 1 August 1922
Home Town:	Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Flying Accident, At sea (between Ambon and Darwin), 19 December 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, Column 6.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Peterborough District Town Hall Honour Board WW2, Peterborough WW2, Korea & Vietnam War Memorial

World War 2 Service

5 Jul 1945:	Involvement Private, SX38810
5 Jul 1945:	Involvement Private, S59449
5 Jul 1945:	Enlisted Hq First Aust Army
5 Jul 1945:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX38810
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Mari Walker

Son of Edley Horald Joseph and Sarah Jane Evans, of Peterborough, South Australia; husband of Joyce Reta Evans, of Torrensville, South Australia.

Private Evans was called up and initially served as #S59449 from June 1942. Much of his service was spent at Terowie Trans-Shipment Centre, South Australia. In October 1943 he was sent to the Northern Territory where he was located until September 1944. On 18 October 1944 he married Joyce Reta Evans.
Pte Evans enlisted on 5 July 1945 in the AIF and was allotted #SX38810 although he had been in New Guinea from May 1945. In November 1945 he was admitted to 2/9 General Hospital at Moratai and was medically evacuated on 19 December 1945. He was in an RAAF Dakota air ambulance which was then reported missing between Ambon and Darwin. The aircraft had a crew of six as well as nineteen other passengers. The aircraft failed to arrive in Darwin and all personnel were later listed as deceased on 19 December 1945.

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