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Military service
Service number:
657154
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
January 28, 1895
Death:
April 12, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 49.
Additional information
Husband of Jeanette Hummel Evers. Father of Ralph Aldolphus.
Digital gallery of Private Adolphus Evers
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Orchard Dump Cemetery. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens) -
Orchard Dump Cemetery
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (J.Stephens) -
Group Photo
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Group Photo
Photo #1 - 162nd Battalion at Parry Sound 1916 - Adolphus is rear row left of the cap badge. Photos#2 - 162nd Battalion Scouts at Camp Niagara 1916 - Adolphus Evers is 3rd from the right rear row. -
Group Photo
Adolphus is rear row immediately left of the 162nd Bn cap badge. -
Group Photo
Photo of Private Adolphus 'Duff' Evers in rear, with wife Jeanette Evers (Hummel, with 6 year old nephew John Hubert "Jack" Evers wearing cowboy costume purchased for him by Duff upon his return to Trout Creek, following training in Niagara-on-the-Lake at Camp Niagara. -
Wartime diary
Casualty/Strength report for the No.2 Company 4th Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corp for April 1918. Pte. A Evers noted as Killed in Action. (file obtained from Library and Archives Canada) -
Wartime diary
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Photo of Adolphus Evers
Private Adolphus 'Duff' Evers 1916 -
Photo of Adolphus 'Duff' Evers
1916 selfie - shirtless -
Photo of Adolphus Evers
Adolphus Ever and unknown companion, (possibly his brother Robert Henry Evers [657156)). 162nd Battalion Parry Sound -
Grave Marker
Photo of the grave of Adolphus "Duff' Evers at the Orchard Dump CWGC Cemetery in Willerval, France in June 2024.
Digital gallery of
Private Adolphus Evers
Digital gallery of
Private Adolphus Evers
Digital gallery of
Private Adolphus Evers
Digital gallery of
Private Adolphus Evers
Digital gallery of
Private Adolphus Evers
Digital gallery of
Private Adolphus Evers
Digital gallery of
Private Adolphus Evers
Digital gallery of
Private Adolphus Evers
Digital gallery of
Private Adolphus Evers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 405 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Orchard Dump Cemetery is in the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the main road (D919) from Arras to Henin-Lietard. The cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.
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