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BEAN, John Charles Whittingstall
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3107 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hornsey, Middlesex, England, February 1890 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3107, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3107, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3107, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Charles Whittingstall Bean was the son of John Whittingstall Bean and Agnes Bean of Sunderland of Poplar, London, England, and husband of Matilda Bean of Bundaberg, Queensland. The father to two infant children, three and four years old when he died.
He had come to Australia from England during 1908, and he married Matilda in Brisbane during 1913. Matilda received a pension of two pounds per fortnight from late 1918.