Stanley BEARHAM

BEARHAM, Stanley

Service Number: 1887
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Crayford, Kent, 1892
Home Town: Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Crayford National School, England.
Occupation: Ship's Steward
Died: Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918
Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux
INSCRIPTION THY WILL BE DONE Grave I. E. 15 , Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

9 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 1887, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 1887, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
8 Aug 1918: Involvement Private, 1887, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1887 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-08

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Jun 1892 Bearham Stanley Dartford 2a 462.

He was 26 and the son of Charles John and Frances Hannah Bearham.

BEARHAM, Stanley ; Private ; 1887 ; 18th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. ; KiA ; F&F ; 08/08/1918 ;
26 ; 
 Lived 40 Woolwich Rd, Bexleyheath ;

Bexleyheath War Memorial, Christ Church
Bexleyheath War Memorial panels , St Paulinus Church Memorial, Memorial in the Manor House,
Crayford & Roll of Honour of St Paulinus CoE School ;  
Bexleyheath Observer 6 September 1918 ;

[https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=17523 ]

Enlisted June 1915.

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Commemorated:

Bexleyheath War Memorial, Christ Church

Bexleyheath War Memorial panels

St Paulinus Church Memorial

Memorial in the Manor House, Crayford & Roll of Honour of St Paulinus CoE School

Bexleyheath Observer 6 September 1918 

Previous military service
Served as Steward on SS "Ballarat" (Mercantile Marine), transporting troops.


Enlistment date-17 June 1915

20th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number
23/37/2
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915

Unit from Nominal Roll-18th Battalion

Place of death or wounding
Villers-Bretonneux, France


Family/military connections
Cousin: Cpl A EDWARDS, 17th Battalion.

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