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BESLY, Harry Dunsford

Service Numbers:	9383, Q201262
Enlisted:	5 July 1915, Enoggera, Queensland, Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 March 1892
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Eagle Junction State School
Occupation:	Joiner
Died:	Natural Causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 January 1975, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, Queensland Plot Wall 11, Section 3
Memorials:	Banyo War Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 9383, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enoggera, Queensland, Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 9383, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney

World War 2 Service

5 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, Q201262, 2nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, Q201262, 2nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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