Ernest George BEARD MM

BEARD, Ernest George

Service Number: 236
Enlisted: 19 October 1914, Perth Western Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Boundary rider
Died: 4 December 1965, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Ashes Scattered within the cemetery
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World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth Western Australia
8 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 236, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 236, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle
17 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A47 Mashobra from Fremantle
Date unknown: Honoured Military Medal

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Biography

10 Light Horse Regiment

Rank - Private

Awarded Militiary Medal for his actions on the 20 September 1918

Returned to Australia 26 January 1919

Father of Ronald George Beard of Manning Western Australia. Son of Henry and Caroline Beard of 105 Hamersley Road, Subiaco Western Australia. Brother of Robert Leslie Beard of the 10 Light Horse died of wounds on 14 June 1915 and Hubert Edgar Beard 10 Light Horse returned to Australia 10 July 1919