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VC1029    Robert Matthew Beatham

Name   Robert Matthew Beatham   No.   2742   POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1029   Awards   VC     

Regiment   Australian Imperial Force, 8th (Victoria) Battalion, A Company

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won    Private

Rank End Of Career   Private

Place Of Birth   Glassonby, Kirkswald, Penrith, Cumbria, England

Place Of Death   Rosiere, east of Amiens, France

Buried/Location Ashes   Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, 10 miles south of Albert, Somme, France

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)    Plot/Grave no.   Plot 7, Row J, Grave 13

Gazetted   14 December 1918

VC Presented   8 March 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his mother, Elizabeth

Memorials

P  Headstone, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, 10 miles south of Albert, Somme, France

P  Named on  Family Headstone, St Michaels Churchyard, Addingham-Glassonby,  Penrith, Cumbria

P  Named on  War Memorial, St Michaels Church, Addingham-Glassonby,  Penrith, Cumbria

Named on Roll of Honour, Panel 52, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Display, Hall of Valour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia

P  Beatham Court, A614 Scotland Road, Penrith, Cumbria

P  Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia

P  Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Entrance to Castle Park, Penrith, Cumbria

P  VC Memorial, 119 Borella Road, Peard's Complex, East Albury, NSW, Australia

By The Way…

He emigrated to Australia from Cumbria in 1913

VC Held By

United Services Club, Brisbane, Australia

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BORN   16 June 1894

DIED   11 August 1918  AGE   24

VC Won   9 August 1918   AGE   24

Place VC Won   Rosiere, east of Amiens, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1918