Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Percy Hamlin Beckett
Percy Hamlin Beckett
Service number: 806
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 8th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1915
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: GALLIPOLI 29. Ari Burnu Cemetery Anzac
War Grave Register notes: BECKETT, Tpr. Percy, 806. 8th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 7th Aug., 1915. Age 26. Son of Sarah Beckett, of Cavendish House, Minchead, Somerset, England, and the late Harry Beckett. A. 11.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Walter Ernest Barton from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 806 |
Place of birth | Minehead, Somerset, England |
Other Names | Percy Hamlin |
School | Townsend House School, Minehead, Somerset, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 23 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Cavendish House, Minchead, Somerset, England |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 10.25" |
Weight | 156 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Sarah Beckett, Cavendish House, Minchead, Somerset, England |
Previous military service | Served in West Somerset Yeomanry, Territorial Force. |
Enlistment date | 7 November 1914 |
Place of enlistment | Mildura, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 13 April 1915 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Roll of Honour gives his calling as an auctioneer. |
Fate | Killed in Action 7 August 1915 |
Place of death or wounding | Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli |
Age at death | 26 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Ari Burau Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 11), Anzac, Gallipoli |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 6 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Hary and Sarah BECKETT, Cavendish House, Minehead, Somerset, England |
Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli First enlisted on 12 September 1914 (service number 821) at Mildura, Victoria; discharged. Re-enlisted at Melbourne, 9 November 1914. Taken on strength, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli, 26 May 1915; posted to 'A' Squadron, 26 May 1915. Killed in action, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BECKETT Percy |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915
Gallipoli CampaignBattles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, Roll of Honour, Percy Hamlin Beckett