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BEAMISH, Thomas James

Personal Details

Service Number:	1800
Enlisted:	18 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yolla, Tasmania, Australia, 9 October 1899
Home Town:	Yolla, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Narrogin, Western Australia, 16 April 1956, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Darkan Cemetery, Western Australia
Memorials:	Yolla Honour Roll, Yolla Mount Hicks Pictorial Honour Roll

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World War 1 Service

18 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 40th Infantry Battalion
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1800, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1800, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart
12 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 40th Infantry Battalion, First occasion France: Gun shot wound left thigh, evacuated to England.
16 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 40th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion France: Gun shot wound right arm, evacuated to England.
11 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 40th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion France: Gun shot wound right shoulder, evacuated to England. evacuated to England.
7 Jul 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 40th Infantry Battalion, From England to Melbourne; disembarked on 5th September 1919.
25 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 40th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Barker Gary

Thomas James Beamish was the alias of Thomas Beamish, later known as John Lawrence Thomas Beamish Burton. He was only 16 when he enlisted at the second attempt, increasing his age to 18 years, seven months.

Thomas James Beamish was the alias of Thomas Beamish, later known as John Lawrence Thomas Beamish Burton. He was only 16 when he enlisted at the second attempt, increasing his age to 18 years, seven months.

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• ADFA - AIF Project
• Australian War Memorial - Embarkation Roll
• Australian War Memorial - Nominal Roll
• NAA - WW1 Army Record
• Trove Digital Newspaper Article - SOLDIERS' LETTERS

• From the Beamish Family Collection - Transcript of Newspaper Article dated 10 March 1917, plus information on his WW2 Service.

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