Angus Hamilton BEATON

BEATON, Angus Hamilton

Service Number: 4238
Enlisted: 31 December 1915, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Machine Gun Company
Born: Barrington, New South Australia, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Clarence River, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Dairyman
Died: St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 18 February 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
East Terrace Portion, Wall 17
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World War 1 Service

31 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
28 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4238, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
28 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4238, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
2 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 26th Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 26th Infantry Battalion, 2nd occasion. Severe bullet wound to the right angle
7 Jan 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company, From the 26th Battalion
9 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Wounded 3rd occasion. Wounds to the right arm, shoulder and hand and invalided to the UK on 4 October 1918
31 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 10th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Angus and Elizabeth Beaton of Palmers Island, Clarence River, NSW

Husband of Marion Beaton of War Chest Hostel, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 on board HT Berrima disembarked on 8 November 1918 at Sydney, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal