Percy Dugald BEATON

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Service Number:	6220
Enlisted:	1 April 1916, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coleraine, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Coleraine, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 19 March 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia Interred on 20 March 1964 in the Cheltenham Memorial Park. 334 MWB N
Memorials:

1 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6220, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria
11 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6220, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
11 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6220, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
19 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6220, Wounds to both legs. Wounds to both legs left leg amputated at the thigh right leg severe wounds. Invalided to UK on 14 April 1918
6 Feb 1921:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6220, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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Son of Dugald Beaton and Catherine Beaton nee Shaw of Coleraine, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 30 June 1918 on board HT Kanowna disembarking on the 1 September 1918

During 1921c Percy married Irene May Leipold in Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal