BECKMAN, Charles Robert
| Service Numbers: | 6767A, V1459 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 31 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Coronary thrombosis, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 July 1943, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6767A, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 6767A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 6767A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6767A, 24th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, V1459 | |
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| 15 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V1459 | |
| 15 Jul 1940: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V1459, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 6767A & V1459 Private Charles Robert Beckman of Port Melbourne and Surrey Hills, Victoria who had been employed as a laborer at the time of his enlistment for War Service on the 8th of August 1917.
Charles was allocated reinforcements for the 21st Battalion 1st AIF and was embarked for England via Egypt, for further training on the 21st of November.
Following his arrival in England he was disembarked on the 24th of January 1918, and entered camp at Fovant where he was attached to the 6th Overseas Training Battalion.
On the 15th of February he was sent to France and was marched into the ‘Bull Ring’ at Etaples for his final phase of training before entering the trenches.
Charles was officially taken on strength with his Battalion in the field on the 1st of May, and by the following on month on the 10th of June he was evacuated sick due to debility, and following his recovery he was sent back to his Unit on the 17th of June.
On the 10th of July Charles was again evacuated sick due to having contracted influenza, but again he recovered sufficiently enough to re-join his Battalion on the 25th of July.
Charles’s service from the date of his return would be continuous, and on the 13th of October, he had been transferred to the 24th Battalion, and aside some brushes with the Military Police, he remained in France, until his turn came to be repatriated back to Australia via England.
Charles departed England bound for Australia on the 8th of July 1919, and following his return, he received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re entry into civilian life on the 16th of September 1919.
With the outbreak of the Second World War, Charles again presented himself for service with the Australian Military Forces on the 8th of July 1940, and was accepted for full time duty with the Australian Army Service Corps.
Whilst serving with the 27th Australian Employment Company, Charles’s sudden and premature death occurred on the 28th of July 1943 due to coronary thrombosis.
Following his death at the age of 48, and whilst still serving with the Australian Military Forces, Private Charles Beckman, a veteran of the ‘Great War’, was formally interred withing Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 6767A & V1459 Private Charles Robert Beckman of Port Melbourne and Surrey Hills, Victoria who had been employed as a laborer at the time of his enlistment for War Service on the 8th of August 1917.
Charles was allocated reinforcements for the 21st Battalion 1st AIF and was embarked for England via Egypt, for further training on the 21st of November.
Following his arrival in England he was disembarked on the 24th of January 1918, and entered camp at Fovant where he was attached to the 6th Overseas Training Battalion.
On the 15th of February he was sent to France and was marched into the ‘Bull Ring’ at Etaples for his final phase of training before entering the trenches.
Charles was officially taken on strength with his Battalion in the field on the 1st of May, and by the following on month on the 10th of June he was evacuated sick due to debility, and following his recovery he was sent back to his Unit on the 17th of June.
On the 10th of July Charles was again evacuated sick due to having contracted influenza, but again he recovered sufficiently enough to re-join his Battalion on the 25th of July.
Charles’s service from the date of his return would be continuous, and on the 13th of October, he had been transferred to the 24th Battalion, and aside some brushes with the Military Police, he remained in France, until his turn came to be repatriated back to Australia via England.
Charles departed England bound for Australia on the 8th of July 1919, and following his return, he received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re entry into civilian life on the 16th of September 1919.
With the outbreak of the Second World War, Charles again presented himself for service with the Australian Military Forces on the 8th of July 1940, and was accepted for full time duty with the Australian Army Service Corps.
Whilst serving with the 27th Australian Employment Company, Charles’s sudden and premature death occurred on the 28th of July 1943 due to coronary thrombosis.
Following his death at the age of 48, and whilst still serving with the Australian Military Forces, Private Charles Beckman, a veteran of the ‘Great War’, was formally interred withing Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria
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