Military service records of William McEvoy: soldier's pay book
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Creator: McEvoy, William John
Object Source: D 7050(Misc)
Date of creation : 1915-1919
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Format : Book, 105 x 155 mm
William John McEvoy was a member of the 9th Light Horse Regiment - 7 Reinforcement. McEvoy was from Riverton SA, and had been a labourer before enlistment. He embarked on the HMAT Kanowna on 24 June 1915, and as a serviceman, received a daily rate of pay of 5 /-. His pay book records entries at Heliopolis from August 25 to September 22, and then 'Anzac' from 15 October to 10 November 1915. He spent more than four years in service abroad, and was discharged in October 1919.
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Further reading
- Australia's war, 1914-1918 / edited by Joan Beaumont. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1995
- Cochrane, Peter. Australians at war, Sydney: ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2001
- Jones, Ian. The Australian Light Horse, Sydney: Time Life Books Australia in association with John Ferguson, 1987
Links
- Australian War Memorial See: Biographical databases
- Australian Light Horse Association
- South Australians at war
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