Captain David Gerald EVANS

Date of enlistment	8^th February 1915
Rank at enlistment	2^nd Lieutenant
Company	Transferred to 8^th Battalion
Significant events while with the AIF	Died of Wounds Wounded in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised sick Awarded Military Cross and Mentioned in Dispatches twice Promoted to Captain

Summary of Captain Evans WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

Date	Location	Event
20^th September 1917	Belgium	Wounded in Action – shell wound to abdomen. Died of Wounds in 10 CCS
2^nd July 1917	France	Awarded Military Cross for action at Bullecourt on 8th May 1917
24^th April 1917	France	Promoted to Captain
9^th April 1917	France	Mentioned in Dispatches
11^th February 1917	France	Re-joined 8th Battalion
2^nd January 1917	France	To School of Instruction
30^th September 1916	Belgium	Mentioned in Dispatches for participation in a very successful raid on the enemy trenches
28^th July 1916	France	Wounded in Action – Remained at duty
27^th July 1916	France	Promoted to Lieutenant
31^st March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
26^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Megantic
6^th March 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength to 8^th Battalion
4^th March 1916	Egypt	Discharged from No.4 Auxiliary Hospital to Duty
17^th February 1916	Egypt	Admitted to Abbassia Hospital with mumps
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot