Bean, Albert Henry

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bean, Albert Henry Service Number 5986 Killed in Action 11th April 1917 Bullecourt, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

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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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Royal Australian Show Ground, Sydney

NEXT OF KIN

Father;- Albert Arthur Bean, Station Hill Queanbeyan

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

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 DIED

20 days in hospital Plymouth from 11 Oct 1916- Mumps. Reported Missing Bullecourt 11 Apr 1917 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 NEWSPAPER REPORTS

Bean was a well liked chap

Goulburn Evening Post Thursday 24th May 1917. QUEANBEYAN (From local Papers) Private A. H. Bean of Queanbeyan, has been wounded.

Queanbeyan Age & Queanbeyan Observer. Friday 28th 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 11th April last. Deceased was a son of Mr A. A. Bean, Station Hill, Queanbeyan. The deepest sympathy is extended to the bereaved family in their sad loss.

Gosford Times 29.11.1917. KILLED IN ACTION. Private Bert Bean, of Wamberal, was killed in action in France on 11th 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.

Gosford Times 29.11.1917. 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.

Gosford Times 29.11.1917. Poor Bert Bean. We were all sorry to learn that he had been killed in action.

Gosford Times 18.4.1918. BEAN – In loving memory of our dear friend, Private A. H. Bean (Bert), killed in action in France 11th April, 1917. Some day, some time, our eyes shall see, The face that lives in memory. Inserted by his friends, Winnie and Nellie Redgate.