Participant Info

Given Name

Albert

Family Name

Bearham

Service Number

2577

Place of Birth

Calulu VIC

Occupation

Timber Hewer

Place of Enlistment

Sale VIC

Next of Kin

Father, Arthur Morath, 93 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria

Address on Enlistment

Metung, Gippsland, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

59th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

21

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A9 Shropshire, Melbourne VIC on 25 September 1916

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

59th Battalion

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Péronne, France

Date of Death

30/09/1918

Fate

DOW

Place of burial/memorial

V.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France

EDITING: ITEMS CHANGED/NOTES

POB: Bairnsdale??? Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: John and Elizabeth BEARHAM, Metung, Victoria. Born at Lower Boggy Creek, Gippsland ALSO check Anne Bell's site

Link to record

recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3061729