Neil BEATON

BEATON, Neil

    Service Number: 489
    Enlisted: 8 October 1914, Rosehill Camp, Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 7th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Casterton, Victoria, Australia, 6 April 1888
    Home Town: Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
    Schooling: Casterton State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds, At sea on board HMHS Formosa, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 13 October 1915, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 4), Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mount Gambier War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 489, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Rosehill Camp, Sydney, NSW
    19 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 489, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
    19 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 489, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ajana, Sydney
    22 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 489, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    24 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 489, 7th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Slightly wounded. Remained in camp.
    10 Oct 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 489, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severe SW to neck and left leg. Evacuated to HMHS Formosa where he died from his wounds at sea en-route to Malta.
    13 Oct 1915: Involvement Trooper, 489, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 489 awm_unit: 7 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-10-13

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    Son of Eliza and Roderick BEATON

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