John EVANS
Born
10 June 1886 Rudbaxton in the district of Haverfordwest, County of Prembroke, Wales
Parents
Resided
1911 at 64 High Street, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Emigration
31 July 1912 Departed London for Sydney, Australia on the Ship ‘Norseman’ then on the steamship ‘Aberdeen’ for Brisbane, Australia
Military Service
1914 Shipped from Melbourne on the ‘Runick’ for Southhampton, then Salisbury Plains camp, then France for 2 – 3 years in motor transport unity. Returned home on the ‘Zeelandier’. 3rd Motor Transport Coy A.I.F. Attested Brisbane 16-8-15 Service 4 years 2 days, Abroad 3 years 24 days, Discharged 16-8-19
Occupation
- 1901 Farmworker on mother’s farm
- 1911 Hauler at Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- Postal Worker and Garage Car Driver at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Worked for the Maynard family at Nundah driving a horse and working in the garden for 6 months. Then drove a car for a millionaire called Blume at Ascot. Brisbane, Australia
- Worked at Stanley Hall at Virginia where he met Lucy who was working as a housemaid
- Joined the Army and trained at the Enogerra base as an ambulance driver
- 1919 – 1943 Motor Driver
Married
20 October 1915 Queensland, Australia
Children
Resided
1915 at Ashgrove Avenue, Brisbane, Australia with Lucy’s sister Minnie
1919 – 1943 at Grosvenor Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1954 – 1963 at 200 Stanley Tce, Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died
7 January 1984
