What position did the man who drowned at a Australian beach named after a naval ship hold?
Cheviot Beach Cheviot Beach is a beach near Point Nepean in Victoria, Australia. It was named after the SS "Cheviot", which broke up and sank nearby with the loss of 35 lives on 20 October 1887.
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 was killed during the war. Later settling 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.