Beaumont, Paul Charles

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B.A. (Adel.); Arts : Private, 27th and 22nd Battns. and 22nd Trench Mortar Batty., A.I.F., Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Enlisting 5th February, 1915, and sailing 31st May, served with 27th Battn. at Anzac from August till the Evacuation and then at Suez. Joined 22nd Battery 19th April, 1916, and, crossing to France in June, was with it (and 22nd Battn. from 10th August, 1917), at Armentieres, Somme, Ypres and elsewhere, except for a slight sickness, until wounded at Zonnebeke, 6th October, and evacuated to hospitals in France and England. Thence to Australia, arriving in September, 1918.

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1896

Birth in Jamestown -- SA, Australia 13 July 1896
1910

Early education at St Peter's College, Adelaide, SA, Australia 1910
1915

Military service as Private at Gallipoli --, Turkey ; Egypt --, Egypt ; France --, France 1915
1915

Enlisted 5 Feb 1915
1919

Military award: 1914-15 Star on 1919
1919

Military award: British War Medal on 1919
1919

Military award: Victory Medal on 1919
1921

Tertiary education at Adelaide University, South Australia, SA, Australia 14 December 1921
1922

Teacher at Parramatta -- NSW, Australia 1922
1962

Death in Gordon -- NSW, Australia 13 December 1962

Gender

Male

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