The AIF Project

Ulick Bourke A'BECKETT

Regimental number2251
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOrchardist
AddressUpper Beaconsfield, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 9.5"
Weight162 lbs
Next of kinFather, Edward A'Beckett, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria
Previous military serviceSenior Cadets (5 years)
Enlistment date27 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Light Horse Regiment, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/13/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A66 Uganda on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 29 April 1919
Discharge date26 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt

Taken on strength of 3rd Training Regiment, Tel el Kebir, 8 June 1916.

Taken on strength of Headquarters, Australia and New Zealand Training Camp, Moascar, 7 August 1916, and utilised as an Instructor; promoted to Temporary Sergeant, 7 August 1919.

Marched out of Australia and New Zealand Training Camp, Moascar, 1 November 1916, and reverts to the rank of Trooper the same day; taken on strength of Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 1 November 1916, and promoted Temporary Sergeant the same day.

Attached to 156th Machine Gun Company, 23 March 1917; rejoined Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 24 April 1917.

Admitted to Royal Army Medical Corps, no date stated; transferred to No 70 General Hospital, Cairo, 1 March 1918; discharged to Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 13 March 1918.

Struck off the strength of Imperial School of Instruction, 27 March 1918, and reverts to the rank of Trooper; admitted to No 70 General Hospital, Cairo, 27 March 1918; medical board, 29 March 1918, pronounces A'Beckett Class B1 (fit only for line of communication work), due to varicose veins; discharged, 21 April 1918; taken on strength of Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 22 April 1918, and promoted Temporary Sergeant the same day.

Struck off the strength of the Imperial School of Instruction, 4 May 1918, and reverts to the rank of Trooper the same day; marched into Details Camp, Moascar, 4 May 1918.

Admitted to No 2 Australia Stationary Hospital, Moascar, 5 May 1918 (varicose veins); medical board, 6 May 1918, pronounces A'Beckett Class B2 due to varicose veins, and A'Beckett refuses operation; operation for varicose veins, no date stated; medical board, 1 July 1918, pronounces A'Beckett Class D; discharged, 29 July 1918.

Marched into Machine Gun Training Squadron, Moascar, 21 August 1918.

Classified Class A, 9 September 1918.

Promoted Extra Regimental Sergeant, 21 October 1918.

Marched into 3rd Machine Gun Squadron, 16 March 1919.

Marched out of 3rd Machine Gun Squadron, 19 March 1919; marched into Details Camp, Moascar, 20 March 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Port Said on board HT 'Dorset', 29 April 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 11 June 1919; discharged Melbourne (termination of period of enlistment), 26 July 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death5 October 1963
Age at death75
SourcesNAA: B2455, A'BECKETT Ulick Bourke

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.