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Harald Lionell BEAUMONT

Regimental number2778
Place of birthSkovby, Denmark
SchoolSkovby School, Denmark
Other trainingSailor
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinUncle, C Jensen, Skovby, Aro, Demmark
Enlistment date2 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 21 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 2 September 1916

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBorn, 5 August 1894
FateDied of wounds 25 September 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given Harold Lionel
Place of death or woundingSomme sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTottenham and Wood Green Cemetery (7322 Screen Wall), Middlesex
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
See "HANSEN" Hans Andersen, true family name. Parents: Josef and Karen HANSEN, Skovby, Aeroskobling, Denmark
Medals

Military Medal

'When D Company was withdrawn from the attack on point 54 to the north of POZIERES, on the night of 29th/30th August, 1916, this man who had gone out with an attacking party in charge of a Lewis gun, successively and without orders, occupied positions covering the retirement of his Company. When the Company retired in the first instance they were hotly pressed by the enemy, and this man's cool deliberation in establishing himself without assistance with his Lewis gun, in the manner indicated, was greatly instrumental in checking the counter attack by the enemy.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62
Date: 19 April 1917

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