EVA, Austin Francis
| Service Number: | Chaplain |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Cooktown, Queensland, 23 July 1877 |
| Home Town: | Boonah, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | CofE Clerk of Holy Orders |
| Died: | 1960, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Boonah War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Chaplain, Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
A SILVER JUBILEE.
Rev. Austin F. Eva, rector of St. Paul's, Roma, this month completed 25 years of continuous service in the diocese of Brisbane, his only absence being during tho war, when he went as chaplain with the A.I.F., and saw active service in France. He was ordained in St. Paul's Church, Maryborough, of which his father then was rector, a position he had occupied for many years. Mr. Eva went to Lutwyche and Pittsworth for his curacies, and afterwards to the Bush Brotherhood in West Queensland, subsequently being appointed rector of Boonah, and four years ago rector at Roma. Tho jubilee was celebrated with thanksgiving service at. St. Paul's Church, Roma, on Sunday week last.
The Telegraph Brisbane Saturday 29 August 1925 page 6
HONORARY CANON.
DIRECTOR OF ROMA'S APPOINTMENT.
Dr. Sharp (Archbishop of Brisbane) has appointed the Rev. Austin F. Eva, rector of Roma, to an honorary canonry in St. John's Cathedral, Brisbane. The vacancy occurred by reason of Canon Dixon resigning his honorary canonry and becoming Archdeacon of Brisbane. The announcement was made by the Archbishop to the congregation in the Roma Church on Sunday at the close of the 6.30 a.m. Eucharist, Canon Eva then receiving his license from the Archbishop in the presence of the congregation.
The new canon is a son of Canon Eva, for many years rector of Maryborough. He has worked In the diocese of Brisbane for 29 years, all in country parishes, with the exception of the first four years, when he was curate of Lutwyche. He has been rector of Roma since 1921. From 1905 to 1910 he was a member of the Charleville Bush Brotherhood, and from 1916 to 1919 served at the war as chaplain with the A.I.F., being mentioned in despatches. The Rev. Mr. Eva is the first member of the Brisbane Theological College (which afterwards became St. Francis Theological College, Nundah) to receive the honour of a canonry. The appointment gave much satisfaction to the people of Roma.
The Brisbane Courier Wednesday 06 November 1929 page 21
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