Harry Evans (Australian footballer) explained

Hector William "Harry" Evans (4 September 1879 – 23 February 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Evans returned to the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1900^[2] and played in Excelsior's 1900 premiership.

Family

The son of George Alexander Evans (1841-1887),^[3] and Emma Lythgoe Evans (1848-1922), née Lasslett,^[4] Hector William was born in Shepparton on 4 September 1879.^[5]

Military service

He enlisted in the First AIF on 18 August 1914, and he served overseas in the 7th Australian Infantry Battalion. He sustained gunshot wounds to his left thigh and leg, on active service, that immediately required three operations; and, as well, he received treatment for the wounds' sequelae on several occasions post-war.

Although Evans had been allocated a block of land under the "Soldier Settlement Scheme", his service record shows that he surrendered the block in the second half of 1933.

Death

He died at Barnawartha, Victoria on 23 February 1949.^{[6] [7]}

References

• First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Hector William Evans (705), Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Nominal Roll: Private Hector William Evans (705), Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Service Record: Private Hector William Evans (705), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• • • Harry Evans's profile at Blueseum

Notes and References

1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 249.
2. Web site: 1900 - Football . Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic) . 4 September 2021 . 3 . 19 May 1900.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143303244 Deaths: Evans, The Australasian, (Saturday, 12 November 1887), p.3.
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5771438 Marriages: Evans—Lasslett, The Argus, (Thursday, 4 July 1867), p.4.
5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143010808 Births: Evans, The Australasian, (Saturday, 20 September 1879), p.27.
6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205351162 Deaths: Evans, The Age, (Wednesday, 2 March 1949), p.2.
7. Details of the coroner's report on his (non-suspicious) death are on his War Service record.