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EVANS, Eyre Llewellyn
(Service number 65709)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	3 October 1888	Place of Birth	Oamaru, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	20 March 1917	Age	28
Address at Enlistment	Paki Paki, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Occupation	Shearer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Ethel Evans, Care Of Miss Giles, Lyndon Road, Hastings, New Zealand.
Religion	Church Of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 168 lbs. Chest measurement 36-39 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair black. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. No notification for consumption. Never under treatment in a sanatorium or mental institution. Absence from work - cut knee, 7 years ago. Fit A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	36th Reinforcements, A Company
Date	23 April 1918
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Southampton, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	1st Battalion, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	8 October 1918	Age	30
Place of Death	Le Cateau, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices	Timaru Herald, 7 November 1918
Memorial or Cemetery	Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Memorial Reference	I. F. 15.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Eyre Llewellyn Evans was the eldest son of Welsh-born Thomas Henry Evans and his wife Mary (née Attiwell) of Maerewhenua. The family moved to Timaru in 1910. Eyre was living there with them at Maori Hill in 1911 and at Wellington Street in 1914. He was killed in action in France on 8 October 1918, less that five months after embarking.

Eyre's brothers Hugh McAlpine Evans and Owen Evans also served in New Zealand Forces during World War One. Another borther, Harold Thomas Evans, also served with the Australian Expeditionary Force.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 December 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0038332) [15 January 2017]; CWGC [28 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 December 2016]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [28 December 2016]; Oamaru Mail, 21 December 1899, North Otago Times, 6 May 1916, Hastings Standard, 24 April 1917, 14 August 1917, Evening Post, 15 March 1918, Northern Advocate, 19 March 1918, Evening Star, 22 October 1918, Timaru Herald, 7 November 1918 [x 2] (Papers Past) [28 December 2016; 17 January 2017; SCRoll web submission by R Evans, 4 August 2018

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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