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BEARD, Robert Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 853 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1915, Perth Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Fremantle Boys' School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Alexandria Hospital, Egypt, 14 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Plot M, Grave 16 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Fremantle St John's Memorial Choir Vestry and Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth Western Australia | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 853, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 853, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
| 14 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 853, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 853 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-14 |
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10 Light Horse Regiment
Rank - Trooper
8 June 1915 wounded in action at Quinn's Post, Gallipoli, head and severe gunshot wound to the left leg
Son of Henry and Caroline Beard, of 105, Hamersley Rd., Subiaco, Western Australia. Brother of 236 Ernest George Beard, MM, 10th Light Horse, returned to Australia, 26 January 1919; 367 Corporal Hubert Edgar Beard, 10th Light Horse, returned to Australia, 10 July 1919
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