John BEATON

Regimental number23/2154
OccupationShearer
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Beaton, 408 Cumberland Street, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 5th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
5th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, E Company, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 9 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 10), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Catherine Beaton, 408 Cumberland Street, Dunedin, and the late Archibald Beaton. Native of Argyll, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 2