BEATON, Colin Murdoch
Service Number: | 116 |
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Enlisted: | 17 February 1916, Claremont |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Winkleigh, Tasmania, 13 June 1888 |
Home Town: | Winkleigh, West Tamar, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Winkleigh School |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendale, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Colin Murdoch McLeay BEATON was born at Winkleigh Tasmania on 13th June, 1888
His parents were Roderick BEATON & Ann FRASER
He enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania on 17th February, 1916 and embarked as a Private with the 40th Infantry Battalion on the ship HMAT Berrima from Hobart on 1st July, 1916 - he was promoted to Lance Corporal on 19th November, 1916
Colin was Killed in Action at Passchendale on 5th October, 1917 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & a memorial headstone in Winkleigh General Cemetery in Tasmania
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal