EVANS, Gordon Henry
| Service Number: | 11832 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sale, Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Shrapnel wound to head, France, 11 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension Busigny Communal Cemetry Extension (Plot *, Row C, Grave No. 62), France, Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Busigny, Cambrai, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 11832, 4th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 11832, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 11832, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 20 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 4 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 Oct 1918: | Involvement Driver, 11832, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 11832 awm_unit: 10 Battery Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-10-11 |
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Gordon Henry Evans
Bairnsdale Rowing Club (VIC)
Dvr G.H. Evans 11832
Killed in Action France 11 October 1918 Aged 28 years
Born in Prahran in 1890.
Gordon Henry Evans was a well known local hairdresser and tobacconist when he enlisted on 26 June 1915. Earlier in the year he had married local girl Ellen Mooney in Bairnsdale. He joined the 4th Field Artillery and left Australia in January the following year. He was a gunner in the field before becoming a Driver. In August 1917 he received gunshot wounds to his left leg and after the wounds had healed he was granted leave to England to recover from the general exhaustion that most of the men suffered. He re-joined his unit the 10th Battery, in October 1917. He died instantly on 11 October twelve months later when a piece of an exploding shell pierced his skull. According to his commanding officer of the time his death was deeply regretted by the whole battery.
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