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BESIER, Henry Roderick

Personal Details

Service Number:	QX4726
Enlisted:	20 November 1939
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Field Regiment
Born:	Mangalore, Tasmania, Australia, 14 July 1918
Home Town:	Concord, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Special Constable NSW Police
Died:	East Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, 3 November 1985, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Diosma, Wall Niche, Wall B 30S.
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World War 2 Service

20 Nov 1939:	Involvement Gunner, QX4726
20 Nov 1939:	Enlisted
20 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, QX4726, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment, Locality of Enlistment, Brisbane QLD. Place of Enlistment, Kelvin Grove QLD.
20 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, QX4726, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment, Enlisted at Kelvin Grove Qld. First served with 2/1 Anti-Tank Regiment from its formation in Australia on 21 November 1939, then transferred to 2/3 Australian Field on 2 August 1940 at Colchester UK. See under 'Documents' Gnr. H R Besier Army Service.
20 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX4726, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment
19 Apr 1941:	Wounded Gunner, QX4726, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, Report on Injuries form no. B117 of 25 April 1941. That on 15 April 1941 Gun Shot Wound right foot(WIA) minor injury not likely to interfere with Service Medical Officer, 63 General Hospital
4 Oct 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX4726, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment
4 Oct 1944:	Discharged

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• 16.12.1946. Hobart Mercury Ex-Servicemen Honoured at Bagdad J & H Besier.
• Department of Veterans Affairs - WWII Nominal Roll
• Findagrave - Springvale Botanical Cemetery. Diosma, Wall B, Niche 30S
• QX4726 Gnr Henry Roderick Besier WIA -Brisbane Courier Mail 08.05.1941.
• RAAHC Memorial Walk North Head Manly Paver Location H R Besier. P4. 117.
• The New South Wales Garden of Remembrance

• 1943 Marriage of Gnr. H R Besier & T M Olsen
• 1944 H R Besier ID Card
• 2/3rd Field Regiment 1939-1946 News Items
• Central Army Records Office letter of 5th February 1986 in regards to The Greece 1940-41 Defence Medal
• Gnr. H R Besier Foreign Currency Souvenirs
• Gnr. H R Besier WIA , Greece 13.04.1941 Report 25.04.1941.
• Hobart Mercury Monday 18th May 1942
• H R Besier application for Greece 1940-41 Defence Medal
• H R Besier Approval for issue of 1940-41 Greece Defence Medal 1940-41
• Mangalore Welcome to Gnr. H R Besier
• QX4726 Gnr. H R Besier Army Service
• SX433 WO2 Harold Ian Sabey 2/3rd Field Regiment 2AIF

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