Charles BELTRAME

BELTRAME, Charles

Other Name: BELTRAME, Celso - True Name
Service Number: NX103272
Enlisted: 16 July 1942, Worners Bay, NSW
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
Born: London, England, 13 February 1920
Home Town: Fairfield, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Joiner & Fitter
Died: 14 June 2000, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Australian Capital Territory Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

16 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, NX103272, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, Worners Bay, NSW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of J G BELTRAME, Pine Street, Fairfield, NSW

Charlie was serving in New Guinea when the rest of the family were interned as Enemy Aliens.  He went AWOL and got back to Sydney and organised their release.  He was demoted to Private from Staff Sergeant and sent back.

He was the first Citizen of the Year for Griffith in 1982.