BEESTON, William Read Conyngham
| Service Numbers: | Officer, N164228 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (NSW) |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 22 December 1884 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton School & Sydney University |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner & Radiologist |
| Died: | Illness, C.A. Brown Homes, Booragul, New South Wales, Australia, 2 September 1964, aged 79 years |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park, Beresfield, New South Wales RSW 2G1 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
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| 2 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Medical Officers, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney | |
| 29 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Mar 1942: | Enlisted N164228 | |
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| 17 May 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, N164228, Volunteer Defence Corps (NSW), 6th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Force |
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William Read Conyngham BEESTON was born in Newcastle, NSW on 22nd December, 1884
His parents were Joseph Lievesley BEESTON & Anna Maria READ who married in Dublin, Ireland in 1882
He married Audrey Alice Caroline MacFADDEN in England in 1911, she died in NSW in 1942 and he remarried in Tamworth, NSW in 1943 to Gladys Fanny HUDSON who died in 1978
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His father Joseph Lievesley BEESTON served during WW1 as a Doctor in the Australian Army Medical Corp and died on 8th March, 1921 due to his war service
Three of his sons served during WW2
1. James MacFadden BEESTON died 18th November, 1944 (424355 RAAF)
2. Lawrence Daniel BEESTON (426474 RAAF) and (NX25178 Army)
3. Patrick Lievesley BEESTON (403795 RAAF)
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