BATEUP, Reuben
| Service Number: | 1411 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 February 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gunning, New South Wales, Australia , 11 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Milsons Point, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia , 28 April 1953, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Cremated |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1411, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1411, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1411, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 12 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1411, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1411, 20th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Honoured Military Medal, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, For conspicuous bravery by bringing in the wounded at Flers | |
| 1 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1411, 20th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Wounded Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion, GSW (thigh) | |
| 26 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1411, 20th Infantry Battalion |
Awarded the Military Medal
For consistent good work and devotion to duty. This NCO showed conspicuous bravery by bringing in the wounded at Flers after an attack the 5th Australian Infantry Brigade on 14/11/16.
AWM Honours and Awards
Submitted 25 August 2015 by Steve Larkins
Mentioned in Despatches
'This N.C.O. showed great dash and bravery during the counter-attack of morning 15th April in front of LAGNICOURT. He led his men gallantly setting an excellent example to those under his command. He was most useful in investigating likely enemy strong points.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169
Date: 4 October 1917
Source: AIF Project
Submitted 25 August 2015 by Steve Larkins
Biography
Actor David Wenham's grandfather as outlined on the ABC program "Who Do You Think You Are?" 25 August 2015
Given name Stanley committed from enlistment documents.
Wife, Mrs Lilian Bateup, Dinds Hotel, Fitzroy Street, Millsons Point, Sydney, New South Wales
Biography contributed by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS
Stanley Reuben BATEUP was born on 11th June 1892 in Gunning, New South Wales, one of eight children born to parents Charlotte (nee JEFFS) and Edward BATEUP.
A single 24 year old grocer at the time, Stanley applied to join the Australian Imperial Force at Yass Police Station on 4th February 1915, and took his oath of enlistment at Liverpool on 5th March, under his middle name, Reuben. Allocated the regimental number 1411 and the rank of Private, Stanley completed his recruit training at Liverpool Camp, and was assigned to "D" Company of the 20th Infantry Battalion. On 25th June 1915, Stanley embarked with his Unit in Sydney aboard HMAT Berrima for active service overseas. Just prior to his embarkation, Stanley married Lilian Violet KIDNEY at North Sydney.
After arriving in Suez on 25th July, the 20th Australian Infantry Battalion disembarked the following day, and proceeded to Heliopolis. Here they engaged in intensive training in musketry, entrenching and attacks, from 27th July until 14th August, when the order to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was received. The Battalion embarked in Alexandria aboard HMAS Saturnia for Gallipoli on 16th August, arriving on the Peninsula about 2am on 22nd August 1915. As the Battle of Sari Bair (aka the August Offensive) had just concluded, the Battalion was mainly utilised in a defensive role around Russell's Top, where they relieved the 3rd Light Horse Brigade in the trenches on 26th August, until the allied evacuation of 20th December 1915.
The rear party of the 20th Battalion embarked aboard the S.S. Prince Abbas for Lemnos about 3.30am on 20th December, the majority of the Battalion having already left over the two previous nights under cover of darkness. They arrived to reunite with the Battalion at the Divisional Camp in West Mudros on the 21st December, where they resumed training.
The 20th Battalion proceeded to the Western Front, arriving in France on 22nd March 1916. They entered the trenches near Pozieres in April, later taking part in the Battle of Pozieres, and Flers. On 9th August 1916 while serving in France, Stanley was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal. On 1st December 1916, Stanley was promoted to the rank of Corporal, then to Lance Sergeant just one week later. He was again promoted on 4th March 1917, to Sergeant.
On 15th April 1917, Stanley was wounded while leading an attack at Fleursbaix, near Lagnicourt, France. He sustained a severe shrapnel wound to the right thigh from a shell blast, causing a compound fracture of the femur. He was evacuated by the 6th Australian Field Ambulance to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, but subsequently embarked for England where he was admitted to the St George Hospital in London on the 21st April. He remained there until his discharge on 24th September, when he was admitted to the No. 2 Convalescent Depot in Weymouth.
On 17th May 1917, Stanley was awarded the Military Medal for his actions on the day he was wounded, the citation reading, "This N.C.O. showed great dash and bravery during the counter-attack of morning 15th April in front of LAGNICOURT. He led his men gallantly setting an excellent example to those under his command. He was most useful in investigating likely enemy strong points." (Source: Commonwealth Gazette, No. 169, dated 4th October 1917). Stanley was also Mentioned in Despatches for the same actions.
As a result of his wounds, Stanley was found by a Medical Board to be medically unfit for further service. He embarked in England aboard HMAT Themistocles on 5th November 1917 for return to Australia, arriving in Sydney on 3rd January 1918. He was discharged medically unfit in 2nd Military District Sydney on 26th March 1918. In addition to his Military Medal for his bravery, he was later awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service.
In 1922, Stanley and wife Lilian had a son, Stanley Joseph BATEUP. In March 1934, Lilian initiated divorce proceedings against Stanley on the grounds of desertion, and a decree nisi was granted.
In 1943, Stanley married Ethel Maude REGAN in Kingsford, New South Wales (his name is recorded as Stanley Rupert BATEUP in the BDM NSW Register of Marriages). Stanley died in Little Bay, Sydney on 28th April 1953, aged 60 (his name is also recorded as Stanley Rupert BATEUP in the BDM NSW Register of Deaths). He was cremated at the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park and Crematorium.
Compiled by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS from historical records kept by the National Archives of Australia (Service Record), Births, Deaths and Marriages NSW, Australian War Memorial (20th Infantry Bn Unit War Diaries), The Mirror of 5 Jan 1918 (p3), Sydney Morning Herald of 8 Mar 1934 (p5), and the Find A Grave website.
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