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BEATTON, Richard David Bower
| Service Number: | 5521 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Wallaroo, SA, 30 October 1873 |
| Home Town: | Wallaroo, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | N/A |
| Occupation: | lineman (telegraph department) |
| Died: | N/A, South Australia, 18 March 1947, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Section J, Drive C, Path 11, Site Number 367N |
| Memorials: | Woodville Saint Margaret's Anglican Church Lych Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 5521, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 5521, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 5521, 13th Field Company Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Woodville High School
Richard David Bower Beatton was born in Wallaroo, SA on the 30th of October 1873. His parent was Frances Charlotte Beatton. Before Beatton enlisted in WW1 he worked as a lineman in the telegraph department. Richard David Bower, Beatton had a sister that is known, it is not known if he had any other siblings.
According to the service papers Beatton was 5 ft 8 ¾ Inches tall, weighed 159 lbs, and was 41 and 11 months when he first enlisted in Wallaroo. According to the service papers Richard David Bower, Beatton’s Religion was Church of England.
Beatton was stationed with the 13th Field Company Engineers.
Bibliography
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3063209
https://aca.sa.gov.au/records/
https://www.awm.gov.au/