Ted Jack BEECHAM

Regimental number969
Place of birthTollesbury, Essex, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBaker
AddressLnglesbury, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 8"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Lucy Beecham, 37 Burnaby Road, Southend on Sea, England
Previous military serviceServed for 8 years in the Royal Marines Light Infantry.
Enlistment date4 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 September 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularTaken on strength, 2nd Battalion, 25 September 1914.
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of death or woundingLone Pine, Gallipoli
Age at death27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 17), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
31
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Proceeded to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915; reported wounded, 7-14 August 1915; subsequently reported wounded and missing, 8 August 1915; pronounced killed in action, 8 August 1915, by Court of Enquiry held on 24 March 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BEECHAM Ted Jack