Angus Hamilton BEATON

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Service Number:	4238
Enlisted:	31 December 1915, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Barrington, New South Australia, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Clarence River, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairyman
Died:	St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 18 February 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace Portion, Wall 17
Memorials:

31 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4238, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4238, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
2 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 26th Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 26th Infantry Battalion, 2nd occasion. Severe bullet wound to the right angle
7 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company, From the 26th Battalion
9 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Wounded 3rd occasion. Wounds to the right arm, shoulder and hand and invalided to the UK on 4 October 1918
31 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 10th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Angus and Elizabeth Beaton of Palmers Island, Clarence River, NSW

Husband of Marion Beaton of War Chest Hostel, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 on board HT Berrima disembarked on 8 November 1918 at Sydney, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal