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EVANS, Henry Hudson
(Service number 28996)

Henry Hudson Evans — (Courtesy of S Bensemann )

Henry Hudson Evan's headstone — Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England (Courtesy of S Bensemann )

Aliases	Hudson
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	25/03/1896	Place of Birth	Timaru, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	28 June 1916	Age	20
Address at Enlistment	Southburn, Timaru, New Zealand.
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience	South Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Henry John Evans (Father), Southburn, Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Two scars on inner side of left knee, fit for service.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	9th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	16 October 1916
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	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

4 January 1918 - Admitted to Field Hospital - wounded in buttocks; 10 January 1918 - Embarked for England from France; 19 January 1918 - Placed on seriously ill list; 14 February1918 - Died of wounds at Military Hospital.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	14 February 1918	Age	22
Place of Death	Surrey, England
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Brookwood, Cemetery, Surrey, England.
Memorial Reference	Grave No 180581
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Southburn School War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Henry was the eldest son of Harry and Wilhelmina Evans who farmed at Southburn. Henry attended Southburn Primary School and worked on the family farm before enlisting.

Henry left NZ with the 18th Reinforcement in October 1916, going to England and then on to France where he was severely wounded in the Battle of Polygan Wood. He was returned to hospital in England and died six weeks later on 14 February 1918.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [9/9/2013] NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. 5092 4650 2025 4043 183) [11/11/2013; SCRoll web submission from S Bensemann, 9 January & 7 May 2015

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Patrina Buchanan

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