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Hugh EVANS Update Details

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Service Number:	985
Enlisted:	18 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gooram, Victoria, Australia, January 1889
Home Town:	Bonnie Doon, Mansfield, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wounds, 3rd Casualty Station, Puchevillers, France, 7 August 1916
Cemetery:	Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 68
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, Mansfield War Memorial Gates

18 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 985, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 985, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 985, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 985, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
5 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 985, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW

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