BEAUMONT, Bernshaw Lomax
| Service Number: | 3709 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 November 1915, Toowoomba, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moree, New South Wales, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Roma State School, Cathedral School, Brisbane Grammar School, Toowoomba Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Tree Plaque: |
Roma Heroes Avenue
|
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Surat War Memorial, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3709, 9th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Qld. | |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3709, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3709, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 3709, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3709 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-05 |
Help us honour Bernshaw Lomax Beaumont's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Bernshaw Lomax BEAUMONT was born in 1897 in Moree, NSW
His parents were William BEAUMONT and Emily Augusta TORMAN who married in 1896 in Moree - he was their only son
He had previous served as a Cadet for 3 & a half years before he enlisted for WW1 on 13th November, 1915 and embarked with the 9th Battalion, 12th reinforcements on the ship HMAT Itonus on 30th December, 1915 from Brisbane - he transferred to the 49th Battalion on 29th February, 1916
He was Killed in Action on 5th April, 1917 in Bullecourt, France - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Villers Bretonneux Memorial - he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
--------------------
Trove - ROLL OF HONOUR
BEAUMONT - Killed in Action in France, April 5, 1917
Private Bernshaw Lomax Beaumont, aged 19 years
dearly loved and only son of William & Emily Beaumont of Yeulba, Queensland & 135 Edwin St. Croydon
"HE DID HIS DUTY NOBLY"
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mr. Beaumont, of Combarngo station (Surat), has just received news of the death of his only son, Bernshaw Lomax, who was killed in action in France. The deceased soldier had been in the firing line for over a year, and had never been ill a day, nor had he received the slightest wound up till the time of his death. He had taken part in all the important actions in which Australian troops were engaged. He left Queensland with the 41st Battalion, but was recently transferred, to the Lewis Gun Section. The brave young fellow asked and was granted his father's consent to enlist on the day after his 18th birthday. He was a pupil at the Cathedral School for about 12 months, and later was at the Toowoomba Grammar School. He used to attend the Roma State School.
Click images to start slideshow.