Soldier profiles
Name : EVANS, DESMOND JAMES
Service Number : VX74234
Date of Birth : 17/07/1921
Place of Birth : FOOTSCRAY, VIC
Known as : DES
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 02/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : UNKNOWN
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : EVANS, EVELYN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 114 AUSTRALIAN CONVALESCENT DEPOT
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 28/12/1944
Date Died : 24/01/2006
Age at Death : 84
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6064627 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, 2/2 Pioneers Newsletter 09/2004 p2, Herald Sun Death Notice 27/01/2006
Background : Father of Ray. Served on the Association?s committee (retired in 2004).
