BEATTY, Thomas George
| Service Numbers: | 1301, 3368 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1914, Broken Hill, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mitcham, South Australia, 7 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Parkside, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 24 April 1918, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Board (Original), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 12th Infantry Battalion, Broken Hill, New South Wales | |
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| 15 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Adelaide | |
| 14 Oct 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3368, 50th Infantry Battalion, Broken Hill, New South Wales | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3368, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3368, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded Polygon Wood | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3368, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3368 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-24 |
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Son of Thomas Martin BEATTY and Hester Maria nee MOORE
"...1301, Thomas George Beatty, was born at Mitcham, South Australia, on 7 June 1894. He enlisted at Oaklands, South Australia, on 23 November 1914. He returned to Australia and was discharged in July 1915. He re-enlisted service number 3368 at Broken Hill, New South Wales, on 7 September 1916 and served with the 50th Battalion before transferring to the 52nd Battalion. He was wounded in action on 26 September 1917 and killed in action on 24 April 1918 while a combatant in the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux." - SOURCE (collections.slsa.sa.gov.au)
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