EVANS, William Thornhill
(Service number 2/2610)
| First Rank | Gunner | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19/09/1895 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 120 North Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | William EVANS (father), Flour-miller, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Field Artillery, 9th Reinforcements | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 January 1970 | Age | 74 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Purewa, Auckland; ashes interred Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
William Thornhill Evans was born on 19 September 1895 at Timaru, the son of William and Elizabeth Bain (née Morton) Evans. His father, William Evans, a flourmiller of Timaru, was his nominated next-of-kin. W. T. Evans, 2/2610, of Timaru, returned to New Zealand per the “Kia Ora”, embarking at Liverpool in March 1919, the draft being due at Lyttelton on 7 May 1919. He died on 5 January 1970, aged 74 years. He was cremated on 8 January at Purewa and his ashes buried in the Ash Vault at Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 June 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [27 June 2020]; Purewa cremation record [30 June 2020]; Waikumete Cemetery burial record (Auckland Council) [30 June 2020]; New Zealand Times, 26 April 1919 (Papers Past) [27 June 2020]
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