Thomas Joseph BESTON

BESTON, Thomas Joseph

    Service Numbers: 415, 2334
    Enlisted: 15 September 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, 1894
    Home Town: Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Hairdresser
    Died: Killed In Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 415, Depot Battalion (AIF), Broadmeadows, Victoria
    27 Nov 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Appointment
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 415, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    5 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 415, 14th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- Hospital -- Venereal -- Egypt
    4 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 415, 14th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Suez, Egypt for -- Australia per H.M.T. "Ceramic"
    25 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 415, 14th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Melbourne, Australia
    1 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 415, 14th Infantry Battalion, To -- Broadmeadows -- Soft Sore -- Melbourne, Victoria
    16 Jul 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Melbourne, Australia for -- Egypt per H.M.T. "Demosthenes"
    12 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Admitted -- 5th Australian Field Ambulance -- Diarrhoea -- Gallipoli, Turkey
    20 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Gallipoli for Malta per H.S. "Nevasa"
    20 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Transferred -- Admitted -- No 1. Australian Casualty Clearing Station -- Diarrhoea -- Gallipoli, Turkey
    27 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 8th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Malta
    27 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 8th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- St Patricks's -- Debility -- Malta
    24 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 8th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- All Saints Hospital -- Debility -- Malta
    7 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Malta for Egypt per H.M.T. "Bornu"
    7 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Embarked for Egypt -- Malta
    13 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, Overseas Base (AIF - Egypt), Transferred -- Admitted -- -- No 2. Australian General Hospital -- V.D.G (Venereal Disease - Gonorrhea) & S.C. (Syphilis) -- Ghjezireh, Egypt
    13 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, Overseas Base (AIF - Egypt), Transferred -- Admitted -- No. 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital -- V.D.G (Venereal Disease - Gonorrhea) & S.C. (Syphilis) -- Abbassia, Egypt
    13 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, Overseas Base (AIF - Egypt), Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Overseas Base -- Abbassia, Egypt
    18 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, Overseas Base (AIF - Egypt), Marched In -- Overseas Base -- Ghezireh, Egypt
    27 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 2nd Training Battalion (AIF), Marched into -- "A" Details -- Garrison Orders -- Zeitoun, Egypt
    3 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 2nd Training Battlion -- Ferry Post, Egypt
    18 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 59th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 59th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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