Dudley Sydney EVANS

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EVANS, Dudley Sydney

Service Number:	3741
Enlisted:	1 October 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Kensington, South Australia, 13 February 1896
Home Town:	Goodwood, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Goodwood Public School and Pulteney Street Grammar School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 19 April 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley South Park Bowling Club Memorial, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

1 Oct 1915:	Enlisted
2 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3741, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3741, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide
19 Apr 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 3741, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3741 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-19

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Biography

3741 Private (Pte) Dudley Sydney Evans, 10th Battalion. A clerk from Goodwood, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 12th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 2 December 1915 aboard RMS Malwa for Suez. On 2 April 1916 he was transferred to the 50th Battalion which relocated to the Western Front, France, in early June 1916 and he was appointed Lance Corporal (L Cpl) a month later. L Cpl Evans was wounded in action near Noreuil on 2 April 1917. He was evacuated to No 6 General Hospital, Rouen, where he died of these wounds 17 days later and is buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension. He was aged 21 years. Australian War Memorial (www.awm.gov.au)

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