BEARD, Allan Frank
Service Number: | 1871 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brompton Park, SA, 2 July 1894 |
Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
Schooling: | Brompton School |
Occupation: | Bootmaker |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 16 October 1917, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh (Unknown Origin) WW1 Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Star of Freedom Tent No 4 IOOR WW1 Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Renown Park Brompton School Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
13 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1871, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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13 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 1871, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
16 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1871, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1871 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-16 |
Obituary
Chronicle 1st December 1917
Private ALLAN FRANK BEARD, second son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Beard, Torrens-road, Croydon, was killed in action on October 16, in France. He enlisted in January, 1916, and joining the non- commissioned officers' school, gained two stripes. He left for England in July and joined his battalion in France in November, 1916, serving there for twelve months. He was born at Croydon and was employed by Messrs. Robinson & Co.; of Hindmarsh. He was educated at Brompton school. His elder brother, Arthur, has been serving with the Light Horse for two and a half years. Private Beard was highly esteemed by many friends.
Submitted 7 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Son of Frank William BEARD and Agnes nee HOLLINGWORTH