John Alexander EVANS

Regimental number9/272
AddressLimehills, Southland
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, John Evans, Dipton, Southland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 3 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot X, Row F, Grave No 13), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Isabella Evans, Dipton, Southland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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