158590, Captain Harold Raymond Evans, 44th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery. Why was he with this regiment? Any information would be appreciated. Need assistance on Who/Where/What/How for this man who is on the Australian Commemorative Roll which is for those "Australians" who died in other Allied Services. If proved not to be "Australian" their names will not be removed from the Commemorative Roll however their details will be updated accordingly. I have researched the Air Force members but there are many more Land and Sea deaths in a myriad of different forces. There is not a lot of information on these people that can be accessed easily and I ask your assistance to fill in at least some of the gaps. Hopefully some relatives may see this thread and add more. I will make a different thread for each along the way as they may tend to get lost if clumped together. In Memory of Captain HAROLD RAYMOND EVANS 158590, 44 Lt. A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery who died age 32 on 05 May 1945 Son of Llewellyn and Lily Renton Landles Evans, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Remembered with honour TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY EVANS. - In loving memory of Captain Harold Raymond Evans, born at Alma road, Caulfield, October 17 1912, killed in action Burma. May 5, 1945. -Go tell them at home, for their tomorrow we gave our today. IN MEMORIAM Roll of Honour-On Active Service EVANS.-In loving memory of Captain Harold R. Evans, killed in action. Burma, May 5. 1945. (Inserted by father and sisters.) EVANS.-In loving memory of my dear nephew. Captain Harold Raymond Evans, killed in action in Bunma on May 5, 1945. A brave soldier. H.M.B., Warrnambool.)
Struth Spidge - you nearly got there with the newspaper entries, you nearly left nothing for anyone else to do. These articles flesh out his story a fair bit:
Struth Spidge - you nearly got there with the newspaper entries, you nearly left nothing for anyone else to do. These articles flesh out his story a fair bit: That is great detail Dave. Completes that one for sure. Cheers Geoff
My Grandfather Terence James Arsling was also in the 44th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery. He arrived in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) on May 28th, 1942 and then on to India Jan 19th, 1943 and fought until the end of the war. If anyone has any information, it would be appreciated. 239/44
