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BEAN, John Willoughby Butler

Service Numbers:	T253533, T253533
Enlisted:	20 June 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1881
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	All Saints’ College, Bathurst, Brentwood Grammar School and Bath College, England
Occupation:	Medical Practitioner
Died:	Natural causes, Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia, 17 August 1969, aged 88 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Car Park Garden 10
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World War 1 Service

20 Jun 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW buttock
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW - right hand and wrist (severe).
5 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Infantry Battalion
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 13th Field Ambulance
6 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 1st Australian General Hospital
16 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Field Ambulance
14 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
23 Oct 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Major, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HT Durham, London for return to Australia - arriving 23 December 1918. ( 1914 Leave)
30 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Army Medical Corps (AIF)

World War 2 Service

11 Oct 1939:	Enlisted T253533, Major
11 Oct 1939:	Enlisted T253533

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