BEESON, Lionel Robert
| Service Number: | WX11656 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Midland Junction, Western Australia, 3 July 1919 |
| Home Town: | Mingenew, Mingenew, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Katanning, Western Australia, 19 September 1972, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Katanning Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Mingenew District Road Board WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX11656 | |
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| 25 Jul 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX11656 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lionel was the eldest of ten children of Henry Patrick Beeson (b1889 in Greenough, WA) and Evelyn Louisa Fickling (b1898 in Pinjarra, WA). Henry (a Labourer) and Evelyn married in 1919 in Perth WA. Henry served in WWI (Private; Service No:6287) and he and Evelyn settled at Yandanooka where Henry was a Farmer. The family had moved to Mingenew - where Henry was a Carrier - by 1938 when Henry died.
Lionel worked as a Labourer in Mingenew, and in April 1941 enlisted in the Australian Army. He was a Private (Service No:WX11656) attached to 2/16 Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in July 1945. Brother Henry also served in WWII.
Returning to Mingenew WA follwoing his Discharge, Lionel worked as a Labourer before moving to Wittenoom WA where he was a Truck Driver in 1958 when he married Nancy. The couple settled in Gnowangerup WA where Lionel was a Grader Driver before moving to Katanning in 1968. Lionel worked as a Grader Driver in Katanning where he died in 1972.