Description
Folder containing the image of the grave of Captain (Capt) David Gerald Evans MC, 8th Battalion. A grazier from "Redcamp", Moyhu, Victoria, Capt Evans enlisted in 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard RMS Osterley on 29 September of that year. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for bravery on the 8/9th of May 1917 when he ‘personally organised and led a bombing attack along a trench, thereby gaining about 200 yards’ wherein ‘by his dash and courage an almost impossible position was improved and placed on a sound and tactical basis’. Capt Evans died of wounds near Polygon Wood, Belgium, on 20 September 1917 and is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Belgium.
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Accession Number
AWM2017.1366.2.17
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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