EVANS, Nuriel Ivor
| Service Number: | 3469 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 31 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Lefroy, Tasmania, Australia, 22 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Hobart State School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Died of wounds-GSW Buttock, Bath War Hospital, Somerset, United Kingdom, 15 May 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bath (Locksbrook) Cemetery C. E. 91a. INSCRIPTION HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL HE GAVE HIS BEST HIS LIFE,HIS ALL , Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3469, 6th Field Company Engineers | |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 3469, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6th Field Company Engineers, Villers-Bretonneux, SW right wrist, left leg (buttock) and back, severe DOW England | |
| 15 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3469, 6th Field Company Engineers, German Spring Offensive 1918, KIA |
Help us honour Nuriel Ivor Evans's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Death registered as Muriel.
Deaths Jun 1918 Evans Muriel I 25 Bath 5c 617
Bath is in the county of Somerset.
He was 25 and the son of Powel Evans and his wife, Mary Stokes; husband of Mrs. Ida Isabell Evans, of 362, Elizabeth St. North, Hobart, Tasmania.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His first wife lived at Baxter Cottage, Church Street, Bellerivi, Hobart. He later married Ida Cunningham also of Tasmania, later of 33 Peel Street, Collingwood, Victoria.
He attested at Claremont, Tasmania 31.08.1915.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date - Nuriel Ivor Evans was born at Lefroy, Tasmania on 22nd October, 1892. He married Ida Isabell Dennis on 12th May, 1913 at Hobart, Tasmania.
Nuriel Evans enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 30th August, 1915 as a 23 year old, married, Tailor. He embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 24th November, 1915 with the 6th Field Company Engineers & disembarked at Suez (no date recorded)
Sapper Evans embarked from Alexandria on 19th March, 1916 & was absent from Parade while on board Ship. He was awarded 1 day “Confined to Barracks” & arrived in France on 27th March, 1916.
Sapper Evans was admitted to 73rd Field Ambulance in France on 22nd June, 1916 then transferred 25th General Hospital at Camiers, France with a scalded left foot. He embarked for England on Hospital Ship Cambria & was admitted to the County of Middlesex War Hospital, England on 5th July, 1916 with scalded left foot – slight. He was transferred to Convalescent Depot on 1st August, 1916.
Sapper Evans was granted furlough from 13th November, 1916. He reported to No. 1 Command Depot, Wiltshire from furlough on 28th November, 1916. He was posted to Engineers Training Depot at Brightlingsea on 4th January, 1917 then proceeded overseas to France on 12th January, 1917.
Sapper Evans was posted to Australian General Base Depot then later rejoined his Unit in France on 19th February, 1917.
Sapper Nuriel Ivor Evans was reported with his Unit – 6th Field Company Engineers on 28th January, 1918. He was on leave to England from Belgium from 2nd March, 1918 & rejoined from leave on 20th March, 1918.
Sapper Nuriel Ivor Evans was wounded in action in France on 24th April, 1918. He was admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance on 24th April, 1918 then transferred to 6th General Hospital at Rouen, France on 25th April, 1918. Sapper Evans was invalided to England on Hospital Ship on 29th April, 1918 with G.S.W. to left leg, right arm & buttock.
Sapper Evans was admitted to Bath War Hospital (Central), Somerset, England on 30th April, 1918 with G.S.W. to left leg, buttock, right hand – multiple – severe.
Sapper Nuriel Ivor Evans died at 3 pm on 15th May, 1918 at Bath War Hospital (Central), Somerset, England from wounds received in action – G.S.W. Buttock, intra pelvic aneurism & shock following secondary haemorrhage.
Sapper Evans was buried in Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, Somerset, England where 6 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/bath.html
Click images to start slideshow.