George John BEDDOWS

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BEDDOWS, George John

Service Number:	4061
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fiji Islands, 21 June 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Levuka Public School, Fiji
Occupation:	Planter
Died:	Killed in action, France, 18 July 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot III, Row R, Grave No. 3.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4061, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4061, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
18 Jul 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 4061, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4061 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-18

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

George was born and raised in Fiji and was helping his father to manage a coconut plantation there when he enlisted from Sydney NSW. He enlisted at the same time as his brother, 4060 Pte. Arthur Henry Beddows 17th Battalion, who was killed in action at Bullecourt 3 May 1917. George was killed when a shell struck the dugout he was entering near Villers-Bretonneux.

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