Māori Francis Meredith Evans Born 6 June 1894 - Died 4 November 1918 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 26/67 AWMM Also known asDith AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 24), Page: 28 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesFrancis Meredith AWMM SurnameEvans AWMM Ingoa Also known asDith AWMM Service numberWWI 26/67 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionWesleyan, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth6 June 1894 AWMM Napier, Hawkes Bay AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWW1 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 Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1914-1919 Western Front AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 26/67 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Clerk AWMM WW1 Clerk AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 5 February 1916 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMMHMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, D Company, 3rd AWMM WW1 09 May 1918-24 June 1918 AWMM to Liverpool, Merseyside AWMM HMNZT 103 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 37th Reinforcements, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM 2nd Embarkation AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Francis Evans was the son of Edward and Sarah Evans, of 127, Elizabeth St., Wellington, New Zealand. Born at Napier, New Zealand. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death4 November 1918 AWMM Age 24 AWMM Le Quesnoy, France AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryRomeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM X. A. 6. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Francis Meredith Evans by laying a poppy. Francis Henry Evans Francis John H. Evans Francis Meredith Evans Francis Oliver Evans Frank Evans Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Francis Meredith Evans Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Mokoian : being a record of the early stages of the journeyings of the 4th… Library / Pictorial › publication On board ship D526.2 MOK Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21001372 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 DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 24: 28 AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 82: 8 AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
