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BEATON, Duncan James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6719 |
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Enlisted: | 20 August 1916, Enlisted at Sydney |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1 January 1881 |
Home Town: | Peakhurst, Hurstville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Public School, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Occupation: | Painter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 23 September 1917, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot XL1, Row C, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads:Rest beloved husband until the daybreak and the shadows flee away, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6719, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6719, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6719, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter and Jessie McIntyre Beaton; husband of Isabel Beaton of Gardinia Street, Peakhurst, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal