Joseph Beale - Military Record

 
Joseph Beale enlisted on 24th August 1914 in the 8th Infantry Battalion
In the Australian Imperial Force, with the rank of Private, Serial Numbers 750, 55508 and was listed as Returned to Australia on the19thAugust 1919

Joseph Beale
Born: 1st September 1887
Place of Birth: Templestowe, Victoria
Date of Baptism: 3rd March 1889
Place of Baptism: Doncaster, Victoria
Occupation: Orchardist
Religion: Church of England
Marital Status: Single
Date of Enlistment: 24th August 1914
Locality on Enlistment: Templestowe, Victoria
Place of Enlistment: Melbourne, Victoria
Age on enlistment: 26yrs 11mths
Service: Australian Infantry
Service Number: 750
Rank on enlistment: Private
Roll title: 8th Infantry Battalion (October 1914)
Conflict: First World War
Date unit embarked Australia: 19th October 1914
Place of embarkation: Melbourne, Victoria
Ship embarked on: A24 HMAT Benalla
Maximum displacement: 11,118 tons. 
Owners: P & O SN Co London
Commonwealth control ended 6th August 1917.
Rank in unit served: Private
Promoted Lance Corporal: 8th October 1915
Unit served in: 8th Infantry Battalion
Wounded in action: 1st/ 26th August 1915 (GSW Head-Gallipoli)
Returned to unit (Gallipoli): 23rd November 1915
2nd/19th July 1916 (France): GSW Thorax
Hospitalized (Illness): 26th August 1915 (Gallipoli)
Theatre of service: Gallipoli, France
Returned to Australia: 13th February 1917
On board: A 38. HMAT Ulysses
Maximum Displacement: 14,499 tons. 
Average speed: 14 knots. 
Owners: China Mutual SN Co London
Commonwealth control ended 15th August1917.
Discharged: 26th May 1917, 3MD (Victoria)
Reenlisted: 30th April 1918
Roll title: 6th (Victorian) General Reinforcements 
New service number: 55508
Date unit embarked Australia: 17th July 1918
Place of embarkation: Sydney, New South Wales
Ship embarked on: A30 HMAT Borda
Maximum displacement: 11,136 tons. 
Average speed: 14 knots. 
Owners: P & O SN Co London
Commonwealth control ended 10th September1917
Rank in unit served: Private
Unit served: 8th Infantry Battalion, G Company
Returned to Australia: 19th August 1919
On Board: A31 HMAT Ajana
Maximum displacement: 7,759tons
Average speed: 13knots
Disembarked Australia:
Owners: Australind SS Co Ltd London
Commonwealth control ended 12th May 1917.
Disembarked: 9th October 1919, 2MD (Sydney, New South Wales)
Date of Discharge: 26th November 1919, 3MD (Melbourne, Victoria)
Died: 6th October 1963
Aged: 76ys
Place of Death: Templestowe, Victoria
Date of service: 9th October 1963
Place of Burial: Templestowe Cemetery, Templestowe, Victoria
In the: Other Denominations, Section Q, grave 66
With his Wife

Plaque, Templestowe Cemetery, Templestowe, Victoria

Headstone, Templestowe Cemetery, Templestowe, Victoria

Next of kin: Father, Lewis Beale, Templestowe, Victoria

Medals Awarded

Left: 1914-15 Star
Middle: British War Medal
Right: Victory Medal

His Father was: Lewis Beale
Born: 1849

OR: 24 Oct 1846. (Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153996753/lewis-beale)

Place of Birth: London, England. 

OR: Surrey, England  (Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153996753/lewis-beale)
Died: 16 October 1914
Aged: 65yrs
Place of Death: East Melbourne, Victoria
Date of service: 17th October 1914
Place of Burial: Templestowe Cemetery, Templestowe, Victoria
In the: Church of England, Section Y, Grave 87
In an Unmarked Grave.

Grave Site, Templestowe Cemetery, Templestowe, Victoria


His Mother Was: Lydia Hicks
Date of marriage: 1875
Place of marriage: Victoria
Born: 1854
Place of Birth: Victoria
Died: 26 Oct 1892
Aged: 38yrs
Place of Death: Templestowe, Victoria
Date of service: 29th October 1892
Place of Burial: Templestowe Cemetery, Templestowe, Victoria
In the: Church of England, Section Y, Grave 83


Joseph married: Doris Hilda Johnstone
Date of marriage: 1922
Place of marriage: Victoria
Born: 1899
Place of Birth: Templestowe
Died: November 1990
Aged: 91yrs
Place of Death: 
Date of service: 30 November 1990
Place of Burial: Templestowe Cemetery, Templestowe, Victoria
In the: Other denominations, Section Q, Grave 66
With her Husband

Source: Ron Mills 2026