Identity
Person No.
1385
Service No.
125829V
Last Name
First Name
John Frederick
Initials
J F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, instantly while supervising the dressing of wounded men at a casualty clearing station when the station received a direct hit from a German heavy caliber artillery shell
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Frederick James Beaton, late of the Kimberley Regiment WW1, and Agnes Margaret Mary Rita Beaton, of Rayman Lodge, Sherborne Road, Parktown, Johannesburg. Educated at Christian Brothers College, Kimberley. He attested in June 1940 and after a period of officer training was sent to North Africa, attached to the SATC. He returned to SA on leave in 1943 and was then sent to Italy. Born in Kimberley, he was an accountant. He was unmarried and had a sister.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project