Private

Herbert Edward Evenson

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Carl Lauritz Emil and Lena Evenson, of Motuhora, Gisborne, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

There are no public contributions written for this casualty

Personal Tributes:

While researching my Grandma's family I came across Herbert. I had no idea or knowledge of the fact that he had been killed in action in the First World War. How sad and what a waste of life war is.

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/3252
Name:
Herbert Edward Evenson
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Miss I. Evenson (sister), Mangatara, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Wangaehu North, Wanganui, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Auckland Regiment, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
15 September 1916
Day of Death:
Friday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
8th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 November 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 35
HMNZT 36
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IX. D. 37.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Herbert Edward Evenson
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