BEAVAN, William
| Service Number: | 240 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Gatton, Queensland, Australia, 12 May 1876 |
| Home Town: | Roma, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 June 1961, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 240, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 240, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 14 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 240, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 87, notes returned to Australia arriving Brisbane 7 Aug 1902, discharged 14 Aug 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also enlisted for WW1 and served on the home front in the Permanent Guard, Port Darwin, S.N. 4.
When William Beavan enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. Beavan, Roma. In the Boer war Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 87, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. J. Beavan, Roma. When he enlisted on 8 Nov 1916 for WW1 he noted on his Attestation Paper that; he was born in Gatton and was 39 years 4 months old; he was a Farmer and living at Graceville, Brisbane; his N.O.K. was his cousin Alfred Miers, Hendra, Brisbane; and he had previously served in South Africa.
William Beavan was born on 12 May 1876 at Gatton, Queensland, a son to William Beavan and Jane Beavan (nee Graham). He married Florence Ethel May Brown on 10 Sep 1919 in Brisbane and they had one child.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 87; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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