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Sidney Alexander BEVERIDGE

Date of birth12 April 1871
Other trainingTh.L., Australian College of Theology
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClergyman
AddressHorsham, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Height5' 6.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E E Beveridge, The Vicarage, Horsham, Victoria
Enlistment date1 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentChaplain (4th Class)
Unit nameChaplains' Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollChaplain
Unit from Nominal RollChaplains' Department
FateReturned to Australia 1 August 1919
Discharge date21 November 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 7 December 1915. Appointed as temporary Chaplain to 5th Division, Tel el Kebir, 12 March 1916; taken on strength, 5th Division Headquarters, Ferry Post, 12 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 23 June 1916.

Posted from 8th Infantry Brigade to 5th Divisional Troops, 4 February 1917.

Attached for duty to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 8 May 1917; attachment ceased on moving out to AIF HQ, London, 14 July 1917. Posted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 21 July 1917. attached for duty to AIF HQ, 1 August 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 5 June 1918; attached for duty to 10th Bn in the field, 13 June 1918.

Posted from 3rd Infantry Brigade to hospital visitation in England, 12 September 1918; attached to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 17 October 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Aeneas' for duty, 18 December 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 5 February 1919.

Re-embarked Melbourne on board HT 'Demosthenes', 10 April 1919 (Major, Chaplain 3rd Class [Temporary]).

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Argyllshire', 1 August 1919; appointment terminated, 21 November 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death8 March 1935
Age at death64

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