William John (Bill) BEER

BEER, William John

Service Number: WX7636
Enlisted: 10 August 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Bunbury, Western Australia, 7 February 1917
Home Town: Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling: St Mary's Convent School
Occupation: Labourer & Plasterer
Died: Malaria whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo , 14 June 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Panel 18 Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia Roll of Honour, Bunbury Western Australia,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Bunbury War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, WX7636
10 Aug 1940: Enlisted Claremont, Western Australia
10 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7636, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
30 Dec 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7636, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked for Singapore.
14 Jun 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7636, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Died on Forced March.

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Biography

2/4 Machine Gun Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of George Henry Joseph and Margarette Mary Beer, of Bunbury, Western Australia.