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BEEBY, Richard
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 189, 1110 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914, served at Rabaul with 1st Tropical Unit having embarked Sydney per HMAS "Berrima" |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlisle, England, United Kiingdom, 14 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Carlisle Grammar School, England |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 May 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Plot II, Row B, Grave 4, Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Ebblinghem, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 189, served at Rabaul with 1st Tropical Unit having embarked Sydney per HMAS "Berrima" | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 189, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 189, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1110, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1110, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1110, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1110, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1110 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is remembered on the Trinity School War Memorial which commemorates the Fallen of the Great War who had attended the Carlisle Grammar School for Boys. He was a pupil there in 1904.He was then living at 60 Broad Street, Carlisle.
Another former pupil also remembered was :
Sergeant HUGH RICHARD JONES born 03/12/1890
Service Number 509. Died 04/10/1917 of the 22nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Biography
Son of Mrs Jane Alice Beeby, 38 Aglionby Street, Carlisle, England
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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