Bean, Albert Henry

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bean, Albert Henry Service Number 5986

Killed in Action 11th April 1917 Bullecourt, France

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Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

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NAME Bean, Albert Henry

SERVICE NO 5986

UNIT 13th Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 21 yrs 1 mth

PLACE OF BIRTH Queanbeyan, NSW

ADDRESS c/- F B Campbell, Wamberal

OCCUPATION Market Gardiner

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 6 Mar 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Royal Australian Show Ground, Sydney

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- Albert Arthur Bean, Station Hill Queanbeyan

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’6” Weight-133lbs. Chest- 33-35½

Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Dark.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 22 Aug 1916 Sydney HMAT A18 “Wiltshire”

DISEMBARKED 13 Oct 1916 Plymouth.

NOTES 23 Jun 1916-AWOL Kiama, NSW 3 days

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 20 days in hospital Plymouth from 11 Oct 1916- Mumps. Reported Missing Bullecourt 11 Apr 1917

DIED 11 Apr 1917 Bullecourt, France

BURIED Re-Interred Queant Rd. Brit Cem Plot 6 Row A Gve 27

MEDALS British War Medal-45848, Victory Medal-45322. Memorial Plaque 333121 & Scroll-33121-

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL Beneficiary Miss Molly Campbell, dau of Mrs F B Campbell of Wamberal.

CORRESPONDENCE

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT Bean was a well liked chap

NEWSPAPER RE-PORTS

Gosford Times 29.11.1917.

KILLED IN ACTION.

Private Bert Bean, of Wamberal, was killed in action in France on 11

th April last.

He was posted missing, and it was only recently that his name appeared in the official list of those who had been killed in action. Private Bean lived with his guardians, Mr & Mrs Forbes Campbell, at Wamberal prior to enlisting last year and went to France after a brief period at Salisbury Plains, England.

Goulburn Evening Post Thursday 24

th May 1917.

QUEANBEYAN (From local Papers)

Private A. H. Bean of Queanbeyan, has been wounded.

Queanbeyan Age & Queanbeyan Observer. Friday 28

th October 1917. P.2.

The Rev. Robert Elliott received a telegram yesterday to the effect that it is now reported that Private A. H. Bean was killed in action on 11

th April last. Deceased was a son of Mr A. A.

Bean, Station Hill, Queanbeyan. The deepest sympathy is ex-tended to the bereaved family in their sad loss.

Gosford Times

29.11.1917.

Poor Bert Bean. We were all sorry to learn that he had been killed in action.


BEAN – In loving memory of our dear friend, Private A. H. Bean (Bert), killed in action in France 11

th April, 1917.

Some day, some time, our eyes shall see, The face that lives in memory.

Inserted by his friends, Winnie and Nellie Redgate.


ROLL OF HONOR.

BEAN – Killed in action in France, 11th April, 1917, Private

Bert Bean. He died for – The cause that needs assistance, The wrong that needs resistance, And the good that he might do.

Inserted by M Campbell.

Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3061049

Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3061049

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