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[[Commander#Australia|Commander]] '''Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford''' (11 August 1861 – 28 December 1952) was a senior officer in the [[Royal Australian Navy]]. Born in [[Laugharne]], Wales, Beresford came to Australia in 1900 on loan from the British [[Royal Navy]]. During the early stages of the First World War he commanded the naval brigade attached to the [[Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force]] (AN&MEF) which captured [[German New Guinea]] in September 1914.<ref name=Mercury>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27129252|title=Former R.A.N. Man Dies at Hobart|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]|volume=CLXXII|issue=25,593|location=Tasmania|date=31 December 1952|page=7}}</ref>{{sfn|Jose|1941|p=74}}{{sfn|MacKenzie|1941|p=25}} He was later [[mentioned in despatches]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1521368/|title=Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford|work=Honours and Awards|publisher=Australian War Memorial|accessdate=25 April 2016}}</ref> His only son, Arthur, was killed during the war serving with the [[26th Battalion (Australia)|26th Battalion]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Morgan |first=Benjamin |title=Commander Joseph Beresford |journal=Sabretache |volume=LIX |issue=2 |date=June 2018 |pages=27–29|issn=0048-8933 }}</ref> Beresford later settled in |
[[Commander#Australia|Commander]] '''Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford''' (11 August 1861 – 28 December 1952) was a senior officer in the [[Royal Australian Navy]]. Born in [[Laugharne]], Wales, Beresford came to Australia in 1900 on loan from the British [[Royal Navy]]. During the early stages of the First World War he commanded the naval brigade attached to the [[Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force]] (AN&MEF) which captured [[German New Guinea]] in September 1914.<ref name=Mercury>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27129252|title=Former R.A.N. Man Dies at Hobart|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]|volume=CLXXII|issue=25,593|location=Tasmania|date=31 December 1952|page=7}}</ref>{{sfn|Jose|1941|p=74}}{{sfn|MacKenzie|1941|p=25}} He was later [[mentioned in despatches]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1521368/|title=Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford|work=Honours and Awards|publisher=Australian War Memorial|accessdate=25 April 2016}}</ref> His only son, Arthur, was killed during the war serving with the [[26th Battalion (Australia)|26th Battalion]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Morgan |first=Benjamin |title=Commander Joseph Beresford |journal=Sabretache |volume=LIX |issue=2 |date=June 2018 |pages=27–29|issn=0048-8933 }}</ref> Beresford later settled in Sydney where he lived until the death of his wife in 1951. He died at the age of 91 in [[Hobart]], Tasmania. He was survived by a grandson and a granddaughter.<ref name=Mercury/> |
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Joseph Beresford | |
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| Born | 11 August 1861 Laugharne, Wales |
| Died | 28 December 1952 (aged 91) Hobart, Australia |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom Australia |
| Service | Royal Navy Royal Australian Navy |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles / wars | First World War |
| Awards | Mentioned in Despatches |
Commander Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford (11 August 1861 – 28 December 1952) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. Born in Laugharne, Wales, Beresford came to Australia in 1900 on loan from the British Royal Navy. During the early stages of the First World War he commanded the naval brigade attached to the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) which captured German New Guinea in September 1914.[1][2][3] He was later mentioned in despatches.[4] His only son, Arthur, was killed during the war serving with the 26th Battalion.[5] Beresford later settled in Sydney where he lived until the death of his wife in 1951. He died at the age of 91 in Hobart, Tasmania. He was survived by a grandson and a granddaughter.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b "Former R.A.N. Man Dies at Hobart". The Mercury. Vol. CLXXII, no. 25, 593. Tasmania. 31 December 1952. p. 7.
- ^ Jose 1941, p. 74.
- ^ MacKenzie 1941, p. 25.
- ^ "Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford". Honours and Awards. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ Morgan, Benjamin (June 2018). "Commander Joseph Beresford". Sabretache. LIX (2): 27–29. ISSN 0048-8933.
References
- Jose, Arthur (1941). The Royal Australian Navy, 1914–1918. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918. Vol. Volume IX (9th ed.). Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 271462423.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help); Invalid|ref=harv(help) - MacKenzie, Seaforth (1941). The Australians at Rabaul: The Capture and Administration of the German Possessions in the South Pacific. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918. Vol. Volume X (10th ed.). Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 12752502.
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