EVANS, David
| Service Number: | 110 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Stockton and Kurri Kurri Public Schools, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 14 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row B, Grave 2 Chaplain E.N. Merrington officiated Headstone inscription reads: Until he gathers in his sheaves at last 'Goodnight' |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, I.O.O.R. Kurri Kurri Tent No 64 Pictorial HR |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 110, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 110, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 110, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 12 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
| 14 May 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 110, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 110 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Stanford Merthyr, West Maitland, NSW
Son of Evan and Elizabeth Evans of 'Ael-Y-Bryn', Rawson Street, Kurri Kurri, NSW. Brother of Gwilyn Evans of Abbottsford, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
105 years ago today, on the Sunday evening of the 19th December 1915, the Kurri Kurri Congregational Church Roll of Honour was unveiled.
18 names had been inscribed of those from the congregation who had enlisted with the 1st A.I.F., mentioning that Lance Corporal David Evans, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, had fallen on the 14th May 1915 at Quinn’s Post during the Gallipoli Campaign.
We can assume that additional names had been inscribed throughout the years of The Great War.
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