EVANS, Frank Henry
| Service Number: | 20153 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 November 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Cavalry Division |
| Born: | Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 30 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Canley Vale, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Clerk |
| Died: | Perforation of small intestine, Sadiyah, Mesopotamia, 14 May 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery X E 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Liverpool Lodge No 197 U.G.L. N.S.W. Roll of Honour WW1, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Henry and Emma EVANS
Of St. John's Park, NSW
SAPPER F. H. EVANS.
Mr. W. H. Evans, of Burns-road, St. John's Park, has received the sad news from Mesopotamia that his only son Sapper F. H. Evans, of the Wireless Corps, had died of illness. The young soldier has been nearly two years on active service. He was 25 years of age.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Frank Henry EVANS (Service Number 20153) was born in Forbes on 30th September 1892. In February 1912 he began work on probation as a gatekeeper in the Sydney District. He rose through the ranks of junior porter, porter, and junior clerk to be a full clerk on his 21st birthday.
On 19th November 1916 he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces. He left Melbourne on the transport HMAT ‘Kyarra’ and travelled via Colombo, Bombay and Basrah, to Baghdad He served with the 1st Australian Cavalry Division Signal Squadron. His specific role seems to have been as a wireless operator in the Signals Squadron.
It was in Baghdad that he died on 14th May 1918. He was in hospital with a perforated bowel ‘due to field operations’. Initially he was buried at the 30th Casualty Clearing Station, Baghdad, Mesopotamia. However, in the rationalisation of war cemeteries after the war his remains were moved to the North Gate British Cemetery in Baghdad.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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