EVANS J.G.

Given Names:  John Granville

Service Number:  304

Unit:  6th Battalion, C Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  19 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4 In                     

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Richmond

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Clara Ann Augusta Evans

3 Highbury Grove, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Euripides                                         

Embarked:  6/9/1919                                 

Disembarked:  20/10/1919

Unit:  1st Pioneer Battalion                                                                                                            

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  19/12/1919                     

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  4965

British War Medal:  1605

Victory Medal:  1604

Other:    Military Cross

BIRTH

Date or Year:  14/1/1896

Place:  Albury, New South Wales             

Father:  Tyrrell George EVANS                

Mother:  Clara Ann Augusta COLLINS

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse: Rosa Mary SMITH

DEATH

Date or Year: 26/3/1959                          

Place: Brighton, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 30/4/1915; gun shot wound, thigh

Military Cross recommendation dated 1/10/1918 for courage and devotion to duty during the attack on Herleville Wood near Chuignes on 23/8/1918

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:   VX46509                                                 

Date Enlisted:   12/7/1940                                                     

Date Discharged:  14/9/1942

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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