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BEASLEY, Harold Gascoyne
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 29456 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF |
| Born: | Carnarvon, WA, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Guildford, Swan, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Poisoning (Suicide), near Leighton Beach, WA, 6 March 1941 |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens Wall D 0138 |
| Memorials: | East Perth Department of the Minister for Mines Roll of Honour, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Guildford War Memorial, Guildford and District Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 29456, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF | |
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| 3 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 29456, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 29456, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Death from Poisoning.
The body of a man found in the scrub near Leighton Beach on Monday has been identified as that of Harold Gascoyne Beasley (about 45), station-manager, of Mingenew. A post mortem examination conducted at Fremantle on Monday revealed that the deceased had died of poisoning. Beasley had been missing since Friday. An inquest will be held.
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