BEADLE, Walter Harold
| Service Number: | 440 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Brighton East, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, France Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, Rosieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 440, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 440, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 440, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 25 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 440, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to head and right arm. | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 440, 5th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to right arm. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
440 Private Walter Harold Beadle, 5th Battalion AIF from Brighton, Victoria. A 23 year old carpenter prior to enlisting as Harold Beadle on 20 August 1914. While serving at Gallipoli, he was wounded in action on 25 August 1915 and evacuated to Egypt and then to England for medical treatment. After rejoining the 5th Battalion in France on 15 May 1917, he was wounded in action for the second time on 20 September 1917 and again evacuated to England for medical treatment. Following recovery, he rejoined the 5th Battalion in France on 6 May 1918 and was killed in action near Harbonniers on 10 August 1918. Private Beadle is buried in the Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, France. His older brother, 1315 Private Ernest John Beadle, 7th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915.
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