William BEATON

BEATON, William

    Service Numbers: 454, 2191
    Enlisted: 11 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 35th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Motor Driver
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 454, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    19 Aug 1914: Involvement Private, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    19 Aug 1914: Embarked Private, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
    28 Jan 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 454, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Completion of service
    24 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2191, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    24 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2191, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
    29 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2191, 35th Infantry Battalion, Accidental contact with a bayonet
    7 Apr 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion, In France
    7 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2191, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd occasion. Gassed
    6 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2191, 35th Infantry Battalion, 3rd occasion. Bullet wound to the left forearm and invalided to the UK on 11 May 1918
    29 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2191, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at thet 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Commenced return to Australia on 23  September 1919 on board HT Ascania disembarking on 10 November 1919

    Husband of Stella Beaton of Reading Road, Brighton-le-Sands, NSW

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was 84 Pitt Street, Redfern, NSW

    Son of F. Beaton of 42 St Mary' Place, Dundee, Scotland

    Medals: 1914-15 Star

     

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