John Charles Whittingstall BEAN

BEAN, John Charles Whittingstall

Service Number: 3107
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 (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

7 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3107, 47th Infantry Battalion
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

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Biography 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.