BEAUCHAMP, Percy Aylmer
| Service Number: | 4140 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 April 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edwardstown, South Australia, 27 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Goodwood, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Rose Park State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Noreuil, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, 2 April 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie (Sp. Mem. A. 7.) |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Mallala Two Wells Pictorial Honour Roll 2, Two Wells WW1 Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4140, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: |
Embarked
AIF WW1, Private, 4140, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' |
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| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4140, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4140, 50th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line | |
| 2 Apr 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4140, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4140 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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Son of Lindsay Humphrys BEAUCHAMP and Albertina nee ADEY
Called 'Brusher', Private Beauchamp was killed in action at the Attack on Noreuil, 2 April 1917. He was with 'D' Company at the time of the attack under the command of Captain James Churchill-Smith. 'D' Company during the attack was on the far left flank of the 50th Battalions advance on 2 April 1917.
THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
THE LATE PRIVATE P. BEAUCHAMP
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Beauchamp, of Essex street Goodwood, have been advised that their youngest son, Private Percy Beauchamp, was killed in action in France on April 2. Prior to the outbreak of war, he was a naval cadet, and only missed one drill during several years service. When war was declared he was called upon to do sentry duty in and around Port Adelaide, but after about six months of this he obtained his clearance and went into camp at Mitcham. On January 10, 1916 he sailed for Egypt with reinforcements for the 10th Battalion. Afterwards his detachment was sent to France. Here Private Beauchamp saw active service for some months, and was then invalided to England. On recovering he returned to the trenches, and there met his death on April 2. He was a Sunday-school scholar and member of the choir at St. Bartholomew's Church, Norwood, during the incumbency of the Rev.Canon Andrews, and was well liked by his comrades. He was born at Plympton, and was 22 years of age.
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