Stanley Vivian BEARDWOOD

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BEARDWOOD, Stanley Vivian

Service Number:	TX5117
Enlisted:	17 December 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 18 March 1909
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Wellington Square Practising School
Occupation:	Dairyman
Died:	Illness, Thailand, 11 October 1943, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Plot I, Row J, Grave 65
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX5117
17 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX5117, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
15 Jun 1942:	Imprisoned
11 Oct 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX5117, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed

Stanley Vivian BEARDWOOD was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 18th March, 1909

His parents were Matthew Ogilvia BEARDWOOD & Henrietta LLOYD

He married Louisa Alice CREEDY

Stanley died in Thailand from Malaria whilst a prisoner of war on 11th October, 1943 and is buried in the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery

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Two of his brothers also served during WW2

1. John Cecil BEARDWOOD (NX116590) Army - discharged 1943

2. Robert Ogilivia BEARDWOOD (TX12875) Army - discharged 1945

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