BEASLEY, Frank Reginald
| Service Numbers: | 2103, WX32991 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Oxford Oxfordshire England, 25 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Nedlands, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford Oxfordshire England |
| Occupation: | Professor |
| Died: | Yarra Melbourne Victoria , 3 June 1976, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2103, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2103, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2103, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Fremantle | |
| 12 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2103, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to right arm | |
| 21 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Oct 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2103, 11th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Sep 1942: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), WX32991, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 1 Sep 1942: | Enlisted WX32991 | |
| 1 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, WX32991 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Padget
Frank Reginald Beasley was sent for reasons of health in 1914 to join relations in Western Australia. On 10 May 1915 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and served with the 11th Battalion at Gallipoli and in France; he was promoted to lieutenant on 21 November 1916. Granted leave in 1919, he studied with the Council of Legal Education, London, and at Wadham College, Oxford, where he graduated (BA, 1920) with honours in jurisprudence. He returned to Australia and was demobilized in October 1920. in 1927 Beasley was appointed foundation Professor of Law at the University of Western Australia
He was appointed acting Vice-Chancellor following the death of H. E. Whitfeld in 1939.
Called up for full-time duty with the Militia in October 1941, Captain Beasley was seconded on 27 July 1942 as Deputy Assistant Adjutant- General at 4th Divisional headquarters, Western Australia. Having transferred to the AIF, he was promoted to temporary major in September, but lack of opportunity for active service prompted his return in 1943 to the University where tuition in law had been suspended.
(Bio courtesy UWA Stories)
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