BEAN, John Willoughby Butler
| Service Numbers: | T253533, T253533 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1881 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | All Saints’ College, Bathurst, Brentwood Grammar School and Bath College, England |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Natural causes, Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia, 17 August 1969, aged 88 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW buttock | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW - right hand and wrist (severe). | |
| 5 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 13th Field Ambulance | |
| 6 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
| 16 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Field Ambulance | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF | |
| 23 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Major, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HT Durham, London for return to Australia - arriving 23 December 1918. ( 1914 Leave) | |
| 30 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Oct 1939: | Enlisted T253533, Major | |
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| 11 Oct 1939: | Enlisted T253533 |
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Major John Willoughby Butler Bean – Australian Army Medical Corps
20/06/1914 enlisted (34 years of age) – b. 01/01/1881
20/10/1914 embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A14 Euripides
as Captain with 3rd Infantry Battalion, Headquarters
05/09/1915 promoted to Major
23/10/1918 Returned to Australia
30/04/1919 discharged from service
1969 passed away in St Leonards, NSW
Brother:
Captain Charles Edwin Wodrow Bean (Official WWI Correspondent)
28/09/1914 enlisted in 1st Division Headquarters
21/10/1914 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A3 Oriveto
as Press Corresonpdent, 1st Australian Division, Headquarters
01/04/1919 Returned to Australia onboard HT Kildonian Castle
30/06/1919 discharged from service
January 1921 Bean married Ethel Clara Young
Worked as Official Historian, writing the Official History of Australia at War 1914-1918 at
Tuggeranong Homestead
30/08/1968 Passed away at the Concord Repat Hospital, Concord, NSW
Relatives in service (cousins):
2nd Lieutenant Edward Lionel Austin Butler – 12th Australian Infantry Battalion
Father Edward Henry Butler and Fanny BUTLER, lived at Sandy Bay, Tasmania
02/08/1915 enlisted (32 years of age)
29/03/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard RMS Orontes
as a 2nd Lieutenant with 12th Infantry Battalion, 16th reinforcements
23/08/1916 Multiple shell wounds to legs, lost right leg, received in action - died of wounds
at Mouquet Farm, France
buried in: Puchevillers British Cemetery, France
Plot III, Row A, Grave 10
4922 2nd Lieutenant Colin Edmund Alleyne Chalmers – 52nd Infantry Battalion
23/08/1915 enlisted (33 years of age)
18/02/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A70 Ballarat
as a 2nd Lieutenant with 12th Infantry Battalion, 15th reinforcements
07/06/1917 killed in action, Messines, Belgium
buried in: Derry House Cemetery No.2, Belgium
Plot I, Row B, Grave 22
1590 2nd Lieutenant Brian Nairn Butler – 12th Infantry Battalion
14/12/1914 enlisted (22 years of age)
19/02/1915 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A54 Runic
as a Private with 12th Infantry Battalion, 3rd reinforcements
18/09/1918 killed in action
buried in: Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Plot III, Row B, Grave 5
Lte Colonel Harry Nairn Butler MID, DSO - Australian Army Medical Corps
-- brother of 2nd Lieutenant Brian Nairn Butler --
21/08/1914 enlisted (28 years of age) - b. 31/03/1886
02/11/1914 embarked Hobart, TAS onboard HMAT A13 Katuna
as a Major with 3rd Field Ambulance C Squadron
04/05/1917 Returned to Australia
22/02/1955 passed away
cemated in: Cornelian Bay Cemetery & Crematorium, TAS
Derwent Gardens
59/546 Captain Arthur Mainwaring Maxwell, MID, DSO MC – 52nd Infantry Battalion
24/09/1914 enlisted in Sydney, NSW (26 years of age) – b. 8/6/1888 Hobart, TAS
21/12/1914 embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A29 Suevic
as a Corporal with 6th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
09/05/1915 proceeded to Gallipoli
20/05/1915 promoted to Corporal – 3rd Light Horse Regiment
14/03/1916 taken on strength 52nd Infantry Battalion
17/03/1916 promoted to 2nd Lieutenant 52nd Infantry Battalion
17/06/1916 promoted to Lieutenant
14/11/1916 Awarded MILITARY CROSS
18/04/1917 promoted to Captain 52nd Infantry Battalion
25/08/1917 Awarded DSO
28/12/1917 Awarded MID – London Gazette
16/05/1918 taken on strength to 51st Infantry Battalion
25/05/1918 attached to 12th Inf Brigade, HQ
19/08/1918 attached to 1st Div, HQ
16/06/1919 Returned to Australia onboard HT Ormonde
11/07/1919 Awarded MID – London Gazette
Married: Marion Grey Wemyss Maxwell (d. 4/11/1970)
Children: Sally, Meg and Bill Maxwell
17/06/1966 passed away
Cremated – St Simon and St Judes Cemetery, Bowral NSW
Columbarium 1 section
447 Captain Duncan Struan Maxwell MC – 51st Infantry Battalion
-- brother of Captain Arthur Mainwaring Maxwell --
19/08/1914 enlisted (22 years of age) - b. 08/01/1892
20/10/1914 embarked Tasmania onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
as a Private with 3rd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron
09/05/1915 proceeded to Gallipoli, ANZAC
03/12/1915 promoted to Lance Corporal – 3rd Light Horse Regiment
17/03/1916 promoted to 2nd Lieutenant – 52nd Infantry Battalion
17/06/1916 promoted to Lieutenant
14/11/1916 Awarded MILITARY CROSS – London Gazette
01/04/1917 taken on strength 4th Div, HQ
21/06/1917 promoted to Captain – 52nd Infantry Battalion
16/05/1918 transferred to 51st Infantry Battalion
31/07/1918 Returned to Australia onboard HT D17 Malta
02/12/1919 discharged from service
1921 Bachelor of Medicine – University of Sydney, NSW
Interwar Service
09/07/1927 Captain – Reserve of Officers
14/08/1939 Major – Reserve of Officers – 56th Infantry Battalion
25/11/1939 Commanding Officer – 56th Infantry Battalion
Married: Marion Wistie Sly (b.30/06/1888 Torrington Rd, Strathfield, NSW)
Marion's parents - Richard Meares Sly and Constance Adelaide Sly (nee Mullens)
25/03/1969 Marion passed away in Sydney, New South Wales
WWII - NX12610 Brigadier Duncan Struan Maxwell MC - 27th Inf Brigade, HQ
01/06/1940 re-enlisted into WWII at Cootamundra, NSW (48 yrs 5mths)
01/07/1940 promoted to Lte-Colonel - 2/19th Infantry Battalion
26/07/1940 taken on strength 2/19th Infantry Battalion
03/02/1941 embarked HMT Queen Mary
18/02/1941 disembarked into Singapore
01/08/1941 promoted to Brigadier – HQ AIF Malaya
01/08/1941 appointed to Command 27th Australian Infantry Brigade
21/11/1941 promoted to Colonel
15/02/1942 taken POW – Singapore Island
18/03/1942 admitted to Australian General Hospital
28/11/1942 embarked Singapore for Japan
28/04/1943 POW – Taiwan Camp
14/10/1944 POW – now interned in Hoten Camp, China
27/09/1945 Returned to Australia – Brigadier 27th Inf Brigade, HQ
03/09/1946 discharged from service
04/09/1946 Retired – honourary Brigadier
21/12/1969 passed away in Chatswood, NSW
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 06/03/2017. Lest we forget.
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