Address: 520 Kiewa Street, St Matthews Church, Albury, 2640
State: NSW
Area: AUS

Please Note: GPS Co-ordinates are approximate.

Latitude:	-36 04 46
Longitude:	+146 54 57

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Monument Type: Plaque

Theme: People

Sub-Theme: Military

Description:

Plaque commemorates Brigadier Evans.

On 1 July 1940  Sir Bernard Evans was appointed to the Australian Imperial Force as a temporary lieutenant colonel and ordered to form and command the 2/23rd Battalion, `Albury’s Own’. He was then the youngest battalion commander in the AIF. Sent to the Middle East, his unit was engaged in the defence of Tobruk, Libya (April-October 1941), where Evans’s `solid leadership and total disregard of personal danger’ were `an inspiration to all ranks’.  He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

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Source: NRWM