BETON, John Hartley
| Service Number: | 102 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1915, Joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1911 after 22 years service in Royal Navy. |
| Last Rank: | Sub Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train |
| Born: | Kendal, England, 27 August 1867 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 26 April 1928, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham (Pioneer) Cemetery, Victoria 25*57CE*O |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Mar 1915: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1911 after 22 years service in Royal Navy. | |
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| 4 Jun 1915: | Involvement Chief Petty Officer, 102, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Jun 1915: | Embarked Chief Petty Officer, 102, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne | |
| 6 Apr 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44, 6 April 1916 | |
| 30 Nov 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, promulgated, 'London Gazette',fourth Supplement, No. 29664, 11 July 1916; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 176, 30 November 1916. | |
| 9 Mar 1917: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Medically unfit |
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From How We Served
Sub Lt John Hartley Beton of Brighton, Victoria had already served 22 years in the Royal Navy prior to joining the Royal Australian Navy during 1911.
Serving as a Chief Petty Officer, John would see service at Rabaul, New Britain, with the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force at the beginning of the War and following his return to Australia he again re-enlisted for War Service with the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train on the 17th of March 1915.
Embarking for Egypt and further training on the 4th of June, John arrived on Gallipoli and was 'Mentioned in Dispatches' on two occasions. Promoted to Sub-Lieutenant, John was evacuated from the Peninsula on the 23rd of December suffering dysentery and malaria.
Arriving in England for hospitalization on the 4th of January 1916, John would undergo prolonged treatment for illness, and defective eyesight, which had started when he was serving on New Britain.
John arrived back in Australia on the 30th of December as an invalid, and by the 1st of January 1917 he was admitted into the 11th Australian General Hospital (Caulfield) where he would continue to be treated.
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