William Evans

1876-1958

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.1

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1260

About

Born in Wales

17 September 1876
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Macky & Sons, Te Aroha
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Mary Jane Evans

Army Experience

  • Wanganui Navals

    1 year in New Zealand

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 81

    7 January 1958

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 80/0038476, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 2.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “William Evans (1876-1958)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/250