Bedwell William SURMAN

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SURMAN, Bedwell William

Service Number:	56173
Enlisted:	8 June 1918, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Plumstead, London, England, 22 October 1893
Home Town:	Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Public School, West Ham, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Influenza and Pneumonia, United Kingdom, 20 October 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Row E Grave 21,
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Waratah Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

8 Jun 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56173, Adelaide
23 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 56173, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
23 Jul 1918:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 56173, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Marathon, Melbourne
20 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 56173, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Bedwell William was born on 22nd October, 1893 in Plumstead, London, England as William BEDWELL

His mother was Doris Elizabeth Mary BELL - she married Charles James SURMAN on 4th July, 1914 in the Methodist Manse in Solomontown, South Australia as a widow under the surname of BEDWELL - Doris died in NSW in 1949 & her husband Charles James SURMAN died in Jesmond, NSW in 1928

William & his brother Albert along with their Mother Doris had arrived in Sydney in October 1908 on board the ship Suffolk as unassisted immigrant - they were using the surname SURMAN at that stage

He enlisted in Adelaide on 8th June 1918 & died in England on 20th October, 1918 from Influenza and pneumonia and is buried in the Sutton Veny (St John) churchyard in Wiltshire

Inscription on his headstone reads:

'HEARTS MAY ACHE, TEARS MAY FALL

FOR FREEDOMS CAUSE, HE GAVE HIS ALL"

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