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Duncan James BEATON

Regimental number6719
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
SchoolPublic School, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia29
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationHouse painter
Address21 Gardiner Street, Penshurst, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWife, Mrs I Beaton, 21 Gardiner Street, Penshurst, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 August 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Port Nicholson on 8 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circularb. in Barracks, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
FateKilled in Action 23 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death23 September 1917
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XLI, Row C, Grae No. 13), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
35
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Wlater and Jessie McIntyre BEATON, husband of Isabel BEATON, Gardinia Street, Peakhurst, New South Wales. Native of Forres, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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