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Harold EVES

Regimental number4174
Place of birthAnnandale, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBoilermaker's assistant
Address80 Albion Street, Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.2
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, J Eves, 80 Albion Street, Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 September 1915
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 20 December 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra CROFTS
Discharge date22 March 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Orontes', 20 December 1918; disembarked Sydney, 1 February 1919; discharged (medically unfit: synovitis, right knee joint), Sydney, 22 March 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death19 May 1936
Age at death41
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C. 8, 2948), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, EVES Harold

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