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BEATON, Alexander James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3255 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Minyip, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Minyip, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Brassworker |
| Died: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1979, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3255, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3255, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3255, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 24 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, For gallantry on 18 September 1918, in the attack on the Hindenburg outposts near Ascension Wood. He delivered rations up to the company after the first part of the attack had taken place. On hearing that the attack was to continue, he led the bombing attack on an enemy trench that was holding out. London Gazette on 11 March 1920, page 3128, position 9 Commonwealth Gazette Number 42 on 20 May 1920 | |
| 1 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 3255, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Duncan Beaton and Mary Beaton nee McFarlane of 52 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on board HT Commonwealth on 13 April 1919 disembarking on the 8 June 1919
During 1929c Alexander married May Alice Lowe in Victoria
Medals: DCM, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal