Ivor Bevan RHYS

Regimental number3310
Place of birthBallarat Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStudent
AddressFremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, I Rhys, 162 Ellen Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date31 August 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll30 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialBlangy Tronville Communal Cemetery (Grave No. 30), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (marble tablet) in St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle, Western Australia. Inscription reads: 'To the glory of God. The Choir Vestry was erected A.D. 1922 in grateful memory of the men from this parish who gave their lives for God and King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919. "Their name liveth for evermore."' Parents; T. Tudor and Annie RHYS. Native of Ballarat, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal