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Richard BEVAN

Regimental number6587
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolTrinity Grammar School, Kew; Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWarehouseman
AddressCoppin Gorve, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, E P Bevan, Coppin Gorve, Hawthorn, Victoria
Previous military service23rd Battery Australian Field Artillery; Served in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date19 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollA/BDR
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 11 September 1917
Place of death or woundingDickebusch, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death11 September 1917
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 8), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward Philip and Amy Constance BEVAN, Kurraba Road, Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Hawthorn, Victoria

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