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BEAZLEY, Thomas Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX29538 |
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Enlisted: | 3 June 1940, Enlisted at the Tallangatta Town Hall, VIC. He was legally too young but Tom gave a false birth date of 01/01/1919 - when it was really 19/11/1921. He was in fact only 18yrs & 6mths old! |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1919 |
Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 21 April 2003, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Wodonga Cemetery, Victoria R/C Cemetery, Section 10, Row 2 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX29538, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at the Tallangatta Town Hall, VIC. He was legally too young but Tom gave a false birth date of 01/01/1919 - when it was really 19/11/1921. He was in fact only 18yrs & 6mths old! | |
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20 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX29538, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion | |
15 Sep 1940: | Embarked Driver, VX29538, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion, From Port Melbourne (Victoria) to HAIFA in the Middle East (via FREMANTLE, COLOMBO & KANTARA) aboard the converted troopship H.M.A.T. "S2", as part of the 2nd/8th Reinforcements. Disembarked HAIFA on 13 Oct 1940 & proceeded to KILO 89 Camp (Palestine). | |
15 Jan 1941: | Transferred Driver, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, Following 3 months of infantry training at KILO 89, JULIS & BEIT JIRJA camps. The 2nd/1st A/T Regt camp was located at AL-AMIRIYAH in Egypt. | |
21 Jan 1941: | Involvement Driver, VX29538, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, Participated in the 1st Battle of Tobruk, when 19th Brigade forces routed the Italian garrison within a day. | |
22 Jan 1941: | Involvement Driver, VX29538, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, Libya/North Africa, 2nd/8th Battalion & 2nd/1st A/T Regiment are relieved by 9th Div forces at Benghazi & return to Al-Amiriyah base, thence entrain to Alexandria on 31 March for the Greece Campaign. | |
1 Apr 1941: | Embarked Driver, VX29538, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, At Alexandria aboard the converted troopship MV "Cameronia", bound for Piraeus, Athens, Greece where they dis-embarked on 3 Apr. | |
11 Apr 1941: | Involvement Driver, VX29538, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, Tom was very lucky to survive the Battle of Vevi, as most of the 2nd/1st A/T guns (apart from his) were knocked out and the crews captured or killed during the fierce 2 day battle. | |
14 Nov 1944: | Promoted Corporal, Unit was 2/4 AMCU (Anti Malaria Control Unit). | |
19 Oct 1945: | Discharged Corporal, VX29538, Unit on discharge was 2/4 AMCU (Anti Malaria Control Unit). Location at discharge was Royal Park, Victoria. | |
19 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX29538, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion |
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