BECKINGHAM, Henry
| Service Number: | 4453 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1915, UT Regs I.38 F |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Newcastle East, New South Wales, Australia, 15 November 1957, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-200. 13. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4453, 2nd Infantry Battalion, UT Regs I.38 F | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4453, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4453, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 1 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4453, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, Honour and Dignity to be restored.
64 years ago today, on the 18th November 1957, Driver Henry (Harry) George Beckingham, 2nd Battalion (Reg No-4453), station hand and storeman from Owens Gap, New South Wales and 42 Scott Street, Newcastle East, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 61. ANGLICAN 3-200. 13.
Born at Scone, New South Wales on the 17th March 1896 to James and Mary or Marry Gallen Beckingham nee Miller, Harry enlisted August 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Harry's name is inscribed on Scone & District Roll of Honor.
Admitted to hospital 10.3.1916 (pleurisy, severe), 15.11.1916 (mumps), 8.2.1917 (pyrexia).
Harry returned home September 1919, being discharged on the 3rd November 1919.
Mr. Beckingham’s name has been inscribed on the Scone District Anzac Memorial (unveiled on the 29th March 1924, 541 names inscribed).
I located Harry resting in an unmarked grave, another Forgotten Digger of the Great War, so October 2015 I placed a cross on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
I submitted an application to DVA July 2021 asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, and this was accepted August 2021.
I will post photos when gravesite complete, at least 6 months.
Lest We Forget.
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