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BEATON, John Donald Mackenzie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 16120 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Inverness, Scotland, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Ambrose, Gladstone, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 4 July 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Larcom Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Anglican Section |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 16120, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 16120, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 16120, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 16 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, 5th Divisional Signal Company, In France | |
| 6 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 16120, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles and Theresa McKenzie of Scotland
Husband of Emily Cecilia Beaton nee Laws of Ambrose near Gladstone, QLD. John and Emily married in on 11 June 1912 in QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 22 November 1919 aboard HT Aeneas dismebarking on the 14 January 1920
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal