George Clifford BEAVIS

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BEAVIS, George Clifford

Service Number:	SX6449
Enlisted:	22 June 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cardiff, Wales, 6 June 1918
Home Town:	Kalangadoo, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Tobruk, Libya, 12 August 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Kalangadoo War Memorial Park Gates, Penola Coonawarra & Penola Sub-Branch R.S.S.&A.I.L.A. Honour Roll, Penola Memorial Walk, Penola Scholars Roll of Honor, Penola War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, SX6449
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX6449, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Wayville, SA
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX6449, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
12 Aug 1941:	Involvement Corporal, SX6449, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk

Corporal George Clifford Beavis

Corporal George Clifford Beavis
Service Number: SX6449
2/43 Inf. Battalion 9th Division World War II
Enlisted: 27th May 1940
Age on Enlistment: 21 years
Occupation: Methodist Home Missionary
N.O.K: V.J. Hambly, Prospect
Promoted to Corporal: 19th September 1940
Embarked at Pt Melbourne: 29th December 1940
Tranship at Colombo: 15th January 1941
Disembarked Middle East: 8th February 1941
After only three months in the battlefields, Corporal George Clifford Beavis was Killed in action in Libya at the tender age of 23 years on the 12th of August 1941.
Corporal George Clifford Beavis was awarded the following medals:
The 1939-1945 Star
The African Star
The 1939-1945 War Medal
The Australian Service Medal

Corporal George Clifford Beavis lies at rest in Tobruk (Grave 6B3)
On Anzac Day 2006, Corporal Beavis’ medals were entrusted to the Kalangadoo Community, by Mrs Joyce Jagger and family.
The medals and service history have been mounted for hanging in the Kalangadoo Institute Hall and will be officially handed over to the Kalangadoo Community today the 22nd of April 2007.

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