BEVERLEY, Michael
| Service Number: | 5338 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwich, Norfolk, England, 14 July 1874 |
| Home Town: | Wyndham, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Oundle School |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Machine-Gun Bullet To The Stomach, Belgium, France, 27 March 1918, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bedford House Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Enclosure No.4 X. F. 20. INSCRIPTION ELDER SON OF MICHAEL AND MARION BEVERLEY OF NORWICH, ENGLAND , Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, St Pol British Cemetery, St Pol-sur-Ternoise, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5338, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5338, 9th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Medal, Bravery in the field. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was the son of Dr Michael and Marian Beverley of Scole, Norfolk. He entered School House of Oundle School in January 1890 and was a boarder there until he left the School in July 1891. There are not many details of his time in Oundle except that his name appears in School Lists in Third Form for Classics and Group B, Division 3 for Mathematics. There is mention in the Laxtonian [Originally founded under the title, The Laxtonian: The Oundle School Magazine in 1876, The Oundelian has been in print for 140 years. Published at the end of the Summer Term, the magazine features articles about life at school, taking in drama, music, sports, society lectures and trips.] December 1890 that Michael Beverley contributed a subscription of 2s 6d towards the expenses of Oundle School Boat Club at Bedford Regatta.
Michael’s war records show that he went to Australia when he was 18 and at the time of his signing up he listed his profession as Stockman and his place of association was Wyndham, Australia. On the 11th October 1915 Michael joined the Australian Infantry AIF 9th Battalion as a Private and his service number was 5338.
On the 27th March 1918 in Belgium, Michael went out on a raid at Spoilbank. It was reported that he and several others from the Battalion were attempting to bring in the wounded. As he and another man were helping a wounded man, Michael was hit by a machine-gun bullet in the stomach. An attempt was made to bring him in but they were surrounded by enemy fire and Michael Beverley died in No Man’s Land. Michael was 44, not married and his father was listed as Next of Kin.
Michael was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field.
Michael was exhumed and reburied in Bedford House Cemetery, in Ypres (Ieper).
Michael’s name is located at Panel 55 in the Commemorative area at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
He is remembered on the Oundle School Roll of Honour.
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