BEVAN, Richard
| Service Number: | 6587 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 1896 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar, Trinity Grammar School Kew |
| Occupation: | Warehouseman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium V C 8, The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 6587, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 6587, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 11 Sep 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 6587, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6587 awm_unit: 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-09-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Richard Bevan who was killed in action in France on 11th September 1917 was the younger son of Mr. Edward Philip and Amy Constance Bevan, of Coppin Grove, Hawthorn, Vic. He was born in 1895 and was at the Prepartory School Melbourne Church of England Grammar from 1905 to 1909. He was in the employ of Robert Debenham and Co., when he enlisted in September 1915 and was sent to Egypt. He was engaged on the Canal for six months in the 11th Battery Field Artillery and then saw service om France and Belgium. He and Ormond Newman (from the same school) were killed by the same shell which hit their dug-out while they were in it.
War Services Old Melburnians 1914 - 1918
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