BEYER, Carl Nicholas
| Service Numbers: | QX53303, Q71918 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 22 February 1915 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cane Cutter |
| Died: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 3 November 1989, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 25 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX53303, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
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| 21 May 1943: | Involvement Private, Q71918, also QX53303 | |
| 21 May 1943: | Involvement Private, QX53303, also Q71918 | |
| 21 May 1943: | Enlisted | |
| 29 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX53303, 49 Australian General Transport Platoon ex Brisbane for Morotai per Sea Cat | |
| 18 Jan 1946: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX53303, 2/20 AUST TPT PL (DUKWS) ex Labuan per River Clarence | |
| 4 Feb 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Carl (Charles) was the third of five children of Carl August Martin Beyer (born 1891 in Maryborough, QLD) and Lucy Read (born 1891 in Bundaberg, QLD). Carl and Lucy married in 1914 in Bundaberg, QLD and separated in 1921 following the death of their youngest son.
Charles was working as a Cane Cutter in Bundaberg, QLD when he enlisted - initially in the ACMF (1941 - 1943) and then in the Australian Army in 1943, Charles served as a Private (Service No: QX53303) in New Guinea and was Discharged in 1946. Charles returned to Bundaberg, QLD and worked as a Greaser and an Engine Driver, Charles died in Bundaberg, QLD in 1989 in Bundaberg, QLD
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