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BEER, William John
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX7636 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX7636 | |
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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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2/4 Machine Gun Battalion
Rank - Private
Son of George Henry Joseph and Margarette Mary Beer, of Bunbury, Western Australia.