The Fox Family - William Francis BEAUMONT

William Francis BEAUMONT
      Sex: M
Individual Information
          Birth: Jun 1898 - Norwich, Norfolk, England
    Christening: 
          Death: 1952 - Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
         Burial: 
Events
• He lived at 12 Barrow Path, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England in 1901.

• He lived at 12 Chapel Path, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England in 1911.

• He worked as a farm hand employed by Mr H. Rawle at Southcote Farm in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England on 9 Nov 1915,.

• He lived at 177 Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England on 9 Nov 1915.

• He joined the 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England on 10 Nov 1915

• He was assigned to the 102nd. Labour Company in 1916

• He was confined to barracks for ten days after being 'absent from tattoo' 'til 9:15 pm. on 26 Dec 1916

• He was confined to barracks for 5 days for having a dirty rifle on parade and making a false statement to an NCO on 1 Feb 1917

• He was confined to barracks for 3 days for eating on parade on 26 Feb 1917

• He was confined to barracks for 3 days for being dirty on parade on 23 Mar 1917

• He was posted to France on 25 Apr 1917

• He was deprived of one day's pay for having a dirty rifle on company officer's parade, Calais, France on 28 Oct 1917

• He was a member of the 311 Labour (PoW) Company in 1919

• He returned from France on 24 Jul 1919

• He was discharged from the army on 26 Aug 1919

• He lived at 177 Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England on 27 Aug 1919.

• He was refused an army pension for blindness in his left eye as the medical board felt his eye had been damaged before he joined up. Application rejected on on 20 Nov 1919.

• He emigrated aboard the SS Melita to his uncle Robert's home in Canada on 22 May 1921.

• He worked as a farm hand on 22 May 1921,.

• He was blind in the left eye on 22 May 1921 in Quebec, Canada (immigration note).

• He was a Salvation Army member on 22 May 1921.

• He lived at Allandale 22 RR, Ontario, Canada on 22 May 1921.

• He immigrated from Montreal, Canada back to England on the SS Montclare on 1 Jul 1932.

• He worked as a farm hand on 1 Jul 1932,.

• He lived at 177 Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England on 1 Jul 1932.

• He emigrated aboard the SS Moreton Bay to Melbourne, Australia on 1 Mar 1933 from Southampton, Hampshire, England.

• He worked as a farm hand on 1 Mar 1933,.

• He lived at 72 Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England on 1 Mar 1933.

• He immigrated through Freemantle, Western Australia en route to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 31 Mar 1933.

• He won a sausage-eating contest (25 sausages consumed) on 9 Sep 1935 at Traralgon, New South Wales, Australia

• He won another sausage-eating competition (27 sausages consumed) on 13 Jan 1939 at Glengarry West, Australia

• He was a member of the Garrison at the Mobilisation Sidings, Seymour, Victoria, Australia on 24 Apr 1941

Parents
         Father: William BEAUMONT (1866-1950)
         Mother: Minnie CLEMENTS (1866-1940)
Notes
Birth Notes:

3 Cat and Fiddle Yard
General:

Emigrated to Australia on 1 March 1933 accompanied by Sidney Smith, apparently of the same address in Leighton Buzzard and also a farmer. Joan Botsford/Moran/Fitchett says he became Australian sausage-eating champion at some time.

Last updated 28 May 2013