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BECK, Horace Edney
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 19, V352126 |
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Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC) |
Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 15 August 1892 |
Home Town: | Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer / Fuel Merchant |
Died: | Natural Causes, Lorne, Victoria, Australia, 14 January 1975, aged 82 years |
Cemetery: |
Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Victoria LAWN-AF-08 |
Memorials: | Barrabool Holy Trinity Sunday School Boys Honor Roll, Ceres Indpendent Order of Rechabites Honor Roll, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19, 10th Machine Gun Company, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 19, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 19, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
26 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V352126, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC), Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert BECK and Esther BECK nee EDNEY, 24 Nicholas Street, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria
Wife of Mrs. Vera Claudia BECK nee SEAL, 18 Nicholas Street, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria