Francis Meredith Evans
Born 6 Jun 1894 - Died 4 Nov 1918
- Service number
- WWI 26/67 AWMM
- Also known as
- Dith AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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About birth
- Birth
- 6 Jun 1894 AWMM
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- Address before enlistment
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs S. Evans (mother), 115 Abel Smith Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 Mrs S. Evans (mother), 115 Abel Smith Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 26/67 AWMM
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 43 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, D Company, 3rd AWMM - WW1 09 May 1918-24 Jun 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 103 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 37th Reinforcements, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Francis Evans was the son of Edward and Sarah Evans, of 127, Elizabeth St., Wellington, New Zealand. Born at Napier, New Zealand. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 4 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
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- Cemetery
- Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM X. A. 6. AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21001372
Further Reference - HMNZT 43 - The Mokoian: Being a record of the early stages of the journeyings of the 4th Battalion N.Z.R.B. (E.L.O.) (Mokoian souvenir ed.). (1916, February). The Times of Ceylon Company Ltd.
https://dunedin.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/201167
Further Reference - Marty Sharpe, 'Napier's 'unsung' WWI war hero will be remembered in proposed museum', www.stuff.co.nz, 19 May 2017
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/last-post-first-light/92599314/napiers-unsung-ww1-war-hero-will-be-remembered-in-proposed-museum
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/175901/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/175901
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
24: 28 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
82: 8 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 3: Includes portrait - Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
- NZEF CASUALTIES — LE QUESNOY As noted in the Appendix of Dr Christopher Pugsley’s book: Le Quesnoy 1918: New Zealand’s Last Battle. This list was compiled by Richard Stowers and Herb Farrant, and added to by Christopher Pugsley. Please forward any additional names and details to the author through Oratia Media. The list covers period 1–7 November 1918 and those who died after from wounds received in this period.
- The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research dataset were identified as potentially having served in or around the wider Le Quesnoy campaign. Their presence at Le Quesnoy has not been individually verified in every case.
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
- HMNZT 43 - The Mokoian: Being a record of the early stages of the journeyings of the 4th Battalion N.Z.R.B. (E.L.O.) (Mokoian souvenir ed.). (1916, February). The Times of Ceylon Company Ltd.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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