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Harold Easton EVANS

Regimental number2409
Date of birth--/01/1890
Place of birthKangaroo Island, South Australia
SchoolGoodwood Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationButcher
AddressGoodwood, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Ellen Evans, 14 Ada Street, Goodwood, South Australia
Enlistment date8 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name48th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/65/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 28 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetry (Plot II, Row B, Grae No. 18), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Goodwood Public School Roll of Honor. Photo: Peter Dennis. Parents: Isaac Sargeant and Sarah EVANS; husband of Mary H. EVANS, Unley, South Australia. Native of Kangaroo, Gippsland, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded, invalided to 5th Casualty Clearing station, where he died.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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