Harold Strangman BEALE

BEALE, Harold Strangman

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: Royal Field Artillery
Born: Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 17 September 1889
Home Town: Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Newington College, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Company Director - Beale & Co. Ltd.
Died: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1936, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: St. Thomas Anglican Cemetery, Enfield, New South Wales
Row 31, Plot 11 Commemorated on Beale & Co.Ltd. Honour Roll
Memorials: Annandale Beale & Co. Ltd. Honour Rolls
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World War 1 Service

Date unknown: Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, Royal Field Artillery

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Son of Octavius Charles BEALE and Elizabeth nee BAILY

Husband of Edith Victoria BEALE nee ALLARD

Mr. Harold Strangman Beale, whose death took place  on Monday, was a director of Beale and Co., Ltd., and  of the Timmsvale Timber Co., Ltd. A son of the late Mr. Octavius C. Beale, he was especially interested in the promulgation of Australian cabinet timbers. His most  recent activity was in the scientific production of  blackbutt and tallowwood flooring.

Mr. Beale enlisted in 1916, and, saw active service in  France as a lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. On  his return to Australia he realised the value of  overseas methods of producing pianos and player  pianos, and made several trips abroad to study them.

He was president of the Eastern Dorrigo Bush Nursing  Association, and associated with several other  organisations.

He is survived by a widow, who is a daughter of Sir  George Mason Allard, three sons, and one daughter.

The funeral at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium  yesterday morning was largely attended, the Rev. A. P. Campbell, a brother in-law, of Killara Congregational  Church, officiating.

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