Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1861
Place of Birth: Laugharne, Wales, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 28-Dec-1952
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Joseph Arthur Hamilton Beresford
- 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.
- He was later mentioned in despatches.
- His only son, Arthur, was killed during the war serving with the 26th Battalion.
- Beresford later settled in Sydney, New South Wales 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.
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