BECKMANN, Ronald Henry Percival
| Service Number: | 408688 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Beeac, Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1916 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk, Taylor and Business Manager |
| Died: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 17 June 1992, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Beeac Cemetery, Victoria Plot: COE-02-02-072. Memorial ID: 157421405 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 408688 | |
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| 20 Feb 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 408688 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
Ronald Beckmann’s father, Henry, had been in business as a tailor in Beeac for several years. He later purchased and took over Mr. Richard Clarke’s tailoring business in Murray Street, Colac.
The Beckmann name can still be seen in the floor of the entrance to what was once the tailors shop. They employed both female and male tailors and many smart young ladies in Colac had their coats and suits made by ‘Beckmanns 123’.
Ronald enlisted in the Militia and later transferred to the RAAF where he served as a Flight Lieutenant.
He was a tall, dapper gentleman and caught the eye of Jessie McCallum* of Birregurra and a former Morongo student. They were married in 1949 at the Melbourne Grammar School Chapel [Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
*Jessie McCallum served in the Australian Womens Army Service [VF346798] between 1942 and 1944.
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