Robert Matthew Beatham, VC

Date of birth	1894-06-16	Glassonby, Cumberland, England
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1915-01-08	8 Reinforcements to the 8th Battalion.
Date of embarkation	1915-04	Embarked for Egypt.
Other	1915-07	Returned to Australia for medical reasons.
Date of embarkation	1915-09	Re embarked for Egypt.
Other	1915-10	Arrived in Suez.
Other	1915-12-07	Taken on strength with the 8th Battalion and sailed with it to France.
Date wounded	1916-08	Wounded at Pozières.
Date wounded	1917-10	Wounded at Passchendaele.
Date of honour or award	1918-08-09	For action at Rosieres, east of Villers Bretonneux, France whilst serving with 8 Battalion, 2 Brigade, 1 Division as a Private.
Other	1919-03-08	Beatham's Victoria Cross was received by his mother from King Goerge V at Buckingham Palace.
Date of death	1918-08-11