William Francis BEAUMONT

Birth Date: Jun 1898 - Norwich, Norfolk, England Christening: 29 Sep 1898 - Norwich, Norfolk, England Death: 1952 - Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Burial: in Springvale, City of Greater Dandenong, Victoria, Australia

Events

• Departure: in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

• He resided at 12 Barrow Path in 1901 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.

• He resided at 12 Chapel Path in 1911 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.

• William served in the military between 1914 and 1920.

• He worked as a farm hand employed by Mr H. Rawle at Southcote Farm on 9 Nov 1915 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.

• He resided at 177 Heath Road on 9 Nov 1915 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.

• He served in the military on 10 Nov 1915 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England: joined the 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment.

• William served in the military in 1916: was assigned to the 102nd. Labour Company.

• He served in the military on 26 Dec 1916: was confined to barracks for ten days after being 'absent from tattoo' 'til 9:15 pm.

• William served in the military on 1 Feb 1917: was confined to barracks for 5 days for having a dirty rifle on parade and making a false statement to an NCO.

• He served in the military on 26 Feb 1917: was confined to barracks for 3 days for eating on parade.

• William served in the military on 23 Mar 1917: was confined to barracks for 3 days for being dirty on parade.

• He served in the military on 25 Apr 1917: was posted to France.

• William served in the military on 28 Oct 1917 in Calais, France: was deprived of one day's pay for having a dirty rifle on company officer's parade.

• He served in the military in 1919: was a member of the 311 Labour (PoW) Company.

• William served in the military on 24 Jul 1919: returned from France.

• He served in the military on 26 Aug 1919: was discharged from the army.

• He resided at 177 Heath Road on 27 Aug 1919 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.

• He received medical attention for application for an army pension for blindness in his left eye rejected as the medical board felt his eye had been damaged before he joined up. Application rejected on on 20 Nov 1919.

• Departure: 1921, in England.

• Arrival: 22 May 1921, in Quebec, Canada.

• He emigrated aboard the SS Melita to his uncle Robert's home in Canada on 22 May 1921.

• He received medical attention for blind in the left eye on 22 May 1921 in Quebec, Canada (immigration note).

• He worked as a farm hand on 22 May 1921.

• He was a Salvation Army member on 22 May 1921.

• He resided at Allandale 22 RR on 22 May 1921 in Ontario, Canada.

• He resided at Religion: Church of England; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Lodger; Occupation: Laborer in 1931 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.

• Arrival: 1 Jul 1932, in Southampton, England.

• He immigrated from Montreal, Canada back to England on the SS Montclare on 1 Jul 1932.

• He worked as a farm hand on 1 Jul 1932.

• He resided at 177 Heath Road on 1 Jul 1932 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.

• Arrival: Mar 1933, in Melbourne, Australia.

• Departure: 1 Mar 1933, in England.

• He emigrated aboard the SS Moreton Bay to Melbourne, Australia on 1 Mar 1933 from Southampton, Hampshire, England.

• He worked as a farm hand on 1 Mar 1933.

• He resided at 72 Vandyke Road on 1 Mar 1933 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.

• He immigrated through Freemantle, Western Australia en route to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 31 Mar 1933.

• Sausage Eating: won a sausage-eating contest (25 sausages consumed), on 9 Sep 1935, in Traralgon, New South Wales, Australia.

• William served in the military between 1937 and 1946 in Australia.

• Sausage Eating: won another sausage-eating competition (27 sausages consumed), on 13 Jan 1939, in Glengarry West, Victoria, Australia.

• He served in the military on 24 Apr 1941 in Seymour, Victoria, Australia: was a member of the Garrison at the Mobilisation Sidings.

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