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Charles Evans

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 45), Page: 34 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 45), Page: 34 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Evans AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20849 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Congregational, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 August 1895 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Leonard Christian (uncle), 4 Roslyn Terrace, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 20849 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      140 lb AWMM
    • Other, WWI AWMM
      Nature of Injury: T.B. lung and periosium Percent of disability: 50 Hereditary Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked, 15 November 1915; disembarked Devonport, England, 29 January 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

    Marched into NZ Engineers Depot, Christchurch, 8 May 19167.

    Proceeded overseas to France, 15 June 1917, marched into NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 18 June 1917.

    Admitted to No 24 General Hospital, 3 July 1917 (bronchitis); transferred to No 6 Convalescent Depot, 13 July 1917; to No 5 Convalescent Depot, 16 July 1917; to NZ Base Depot, 2 August 1917; rejoined Pioneer Bn, in the field, 29 August 1917.

    Wounded in action, 18 October 1917 (gun shot wound, right thigh, left shoulder), and admitted to No 3 Australian Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; to No 54 General Hospital, Boulogne, 19 October 1917; to England, 1 November 1917, and admitted to Mile end Hospital, London, 2 November 1917. Transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 14 December 1917.

    Classified unfit by Medical Board, 18 January 1918, and placed on NZ Roll.

    Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board 'Maunganui', 2 February 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 11 June 1918.
    Total war service: 1 year 320 days (of which 1 year 121 days was abroad)

    Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Pukeora Military Sanatorium AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21001348
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      45: 34 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer). AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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