BEYERS, James Albert
| Service Number: | 483 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Mount Morgan, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 19 June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 14 May 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Mount Morgan, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 483, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 483, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 14 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 483, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 483 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-14 |
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"...483 Private James Albert Beyers, 2nd Light Horse Regiment. A butcher, of Mount Morgan, Queensland, he enlisted on 27 August 1914 and embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Star of England on 24 September 1914 for Alexandria, Egypt. His unit moved to the Dardanelles on 9 May 1915. Pte Beyers was killed in action at Monash Gully, Gallipoli Peninsula, on 28 May 1915. He was aged 24 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
"Our Mount Morgan correspondent, writing last evening, says:— "The casualty list published to day contains the name of Private James Albert Beyers, of the Second Light Horse. He was killed in action. Private Beyers was a son of Mrs M. A. Beyers, Upper Dee River, Mount Morgan. He was twenty-four years of age and unmarried. He was for three years a member of the Mount Morgan squadron of Light Horse, and, in enlisting said that he hoped that the action of the lads who had already a uniform, in offering their services, would be an example to many others who should be wearing one. Private Beyers was a good soldier in peace time, and those who know him well have no doubt that, before meeting his death on the field of battle, he left behind him a good record of his short period of active service." - from the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin 08 Jun 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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