Andrew Francis BEECHAM

BEECHAM, Andrew Francis

Service Number: 5492
Enlisted: 22 April 1916, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: Tunnelling Companies
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1873
Home Town: Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
Died: Illness, Newport, Victoria, Australia, 23 March 1919, aged 46 years
Cemetery: Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Methodist Section, F, 35,5,5,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

22 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5492, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
25 Oct 1916: Embarked Sapper, 5492, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Oct 1916: Involvement Sapper, 5492, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
17 Aug 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5492, Tunnelling Companies, Discharged at 3rd Military District
23 Mar 1919: Involvement Sapper, 5492, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5492 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1919-03-23

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles and Elizabeth Beecham. Husband of Julia Jane Beecham of Collingwood Road, Newport, Victoria previously Robinson Street, Long Gully, Bendigo. Father of Eunice Beecham, Thelma Beecham, Aubrey Beecham, Frederick Beecham, Andrew Beecham and Charles Beecham

1 May 1916 - suffering from Laryngitis caused by T.B. and chronic Bronchitis. Had lost over a stone in weight in the previous month

4 May 1917 - returned to Australia on board H.M.A.T. Themistocles for discharge due to Tuberculosis

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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