Duncan James BEATON

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Service Number:	6719
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 and Memorial 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

20 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6719, Enlisted at Sydney
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

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Son of Walter and Jessie McIntyre Beaton; husband of Isabel Beaton of Gardinia Street, Peakhurst, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal