BEATON, John
| Service Numbers: | 2031, 3493 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 April 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Farrier |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Barrington, New South Wales, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Barrington, Gloucester Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 23 July 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Port Macquarie General Cemetery Presbyterian Portion |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2031, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2031, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2031, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 28 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3493, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 4 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Farrier | |
| 18 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Farrier, 3rd Machine Gun Company, In the field from the 35th Battalion. Originally intended to be transferred to the 9th Machine Gun Company | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 3493, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 3493, 3rd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 18 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3493, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left knee and invalided to England on 7 August 1918 | |
| 25 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Farrier, 2031, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Angus and Mary Beaton of Barrington NSW. Brother of Christina Beaton, Angus (b.1873), Angus (b 1875) Beaton, Mary Beaton, Donald Beaton, Kenneth Beaton, Ann C. Beaton and Allan Loxton Beaton
Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 on board HT Themisticles disembarking on the 11 August 1919
During 1919c John married Ethel E. Ramsay in the Glen Innes area, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Father of Florence Lillian Beaton of 99 Moray Street, South Melbourne. Following Florence death the next of kin was given as his sister A. Beaton of Balwyn, Victoria
Birth name registered as John Malcolm Beaton
Son of Donald Beaton and Sarah Beaton nee McCaskell of Geelong, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 on board HT Morvada disembarking on the 20 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal