Regimental number | 3690 |
Place of birth | Sheffield, England |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Tilba Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 5.5" |
Weight | 104 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs L. Bevintgon, Tilba Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Holdsworthy, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Herbert and Lavinia BEVINGTON |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength of 1st Bn, Serapeum, Egypt, 17 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 22 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 March 1916. Reported as wounded in action, 22/25 July 1916; admitted to No 2 Field Ambulance, 23 July 1916, and transferred to No 44 Casualty Clearing Station the same day (gunshot wound, right leg); transferred to No 27 Ambulance Train, 24 July 1916; to St John's Ambulance Brigade, Etaples, 24 July 1916; to England, 30 July 1916; to No 1 Northern General Hospital, Newcastle on Tyne, 31 July 1916; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 14 November 1916; discharged to furlough, 25 November 1916; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 13 December 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 2 February 1917; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 3 February 1917. Proceeded to England, 4 May 1917 (fit only for service in Permanent Base). Marched out of No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 16 June 1917; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 18 June 1917. Reclassified B2B, 22 June 1917. Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 26 June 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides', 22 July 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 27 September 1917; discharged Sydney (medically unfit: tachycardia), 22 October 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 33 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BEVINGTON Harold |