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Claude Neville BEAMISH

Regimental number8136
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolHighgate School, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia29
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressYerongpilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinBrother, T R Beamish, Yerongpilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in "A" Battery, Honourable Artillery Company, London, England
Enlistment date7 August 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameLight Horse Brigade Train 1, Reinforcement 12
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/95/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 4 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Company Australian Army Service Corps
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of influenza (pleurisy, pneumonia and syncope)
FateDied of disease 26 January 1917
Place of death or woundingLondon, England
Date of death26 January 1917
Age at death30.11
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialHighgate Cemetery (51. 39156) St. Pancras, London
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sydney and Priscilla Ann BEAMISH. Born in London

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