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Signalman Beaumont John Stanley Furzer (Service Nos:W36919/WX28663) enlisted in the ACMF on 24 July 1941, and was a Private attached to Signals Fremantle Fixed Defences (FFD) - posted to Rottnest Island when he Discharged on 29 July 1942 to enlist the following day 'in the field' in the AIF. Signalman Furzer - trade group Linesman - served on Rottnest Island and in the Northern Territory, and was attached to 25 Australian Line Setion at Discharge on 1 October 1945.

Stan was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1914, fifth of six children of Beaumont (Monty) Cornelius Furzer (b1876 in Melbourne, Victoria) and his first wife Mary Theresa Burke (b1880 in Adelaide, South Australia). Monty was a Grocer in 1901 when he and Mary married in Perth, where they settled and raised their family. By 1906 Monty was employed by the WAGR as a Railway Porter, and in 1917 he enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:7054). Mary died in 1918 whilst Monty was on Active Service. Monty returned to Perth in 1918, and in 1919 successfully applied for a passage from England for his fiancee and her three children. In 1919 in Perth, Monty remarried to Florence Annie Green (nee Norris; b1886 in Somerset, England) - Florence and her three children arrived in Fremantle in 1919 on board the Balmoral Castle. Monty and Florence settled in Subiaco, where they raised their family and Monty worked with the WAGR as a Porter until his death in 1944. Florence died in 1946.

Stan started work as a Labourer, and in 1941 was a Bricklayer when he enlisted in the Army, and in  Fremantle married Edna May Cloke (b1913 in Fremantle, Western Australia). Following his Discharge from the Army, Stan and Edna settled in Fremantle, where they raised their family and Stan joined the Postmaster General's Department as a Linesman. Stan died in 1993 and Edna in 2004.