William Robert Beecroft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 1889
    Christening: 
          Death: 2 Jun 1939 - Tasmania, Australia
         Burial: 4 Jun 1939 - Carr Villa Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Military, 12th Battalion, Headquarters, 18 Aug 1914

William Robert BEECROFT

Regimental number24
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMotor mechanic
Address23 Foster Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs G Y Beecroft, 23 Foster Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name12th Battalion, Headquarters
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Flying Corps
FateReturned to Australia 12 July 1918

• Funeral, The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), 3 Jun 1939

BEECROFT. - The Funeral of the late Mr. WIlliam Robert Beecroft is appointed to leave his late residence, 2 Rees Street, Invermay, on Sunday Afternoon, June 4, at 2.30 o'clock, for interment in the Carr Villa Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.
ARMITAGE AND ARMITAGE,
Funeral Directors,
116 St. John Street, Launcaston

• Obituary, The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), 3 Jun 1939

BEECROFT. - On June 2, 1939, at the Public Hospital, Launceston, William Robert, dearly loved husband of Gertrude Violet Beecroft of 2 Rees Street, Invermay, and loving father of William, Allan, Arthur, May, June, Jack, Boswell, and DOnald, late 12th Battalion, A.I.F., aged 50 years (suddenly).

• Memoriam, The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), 1 Jul 1939

The wife and family of the late W. R. (Bob) Beecroft, late 12th/50th Battalion, C.M.F., and No. 1 Squadron Flying Corps, A.I.F., wish to thank all relatives, friends, and organizations for their very kind expressions of sympathy intheir sad and sudden loss, especially thanking the sister and nurse on night duty, June 2. Sir John Ramsay, doctors, matron, and nursing staff of the Public Hospital, for attention during December 16 to February 23, and to Mr. D. Armitage, for his courteous attention.

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Parents

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         Father: William Beecroft
         Mother: Ellen Dudgeon

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Gertrude Violet Hollingsworth
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. William Robert "Bill" Beecroft
                2. Allan Roy Beecroft
                3. Arthur James Beecroft
                4. May Beecroft
                5. June Amelia Beecroft
                6. Jack Beecroft
                7. Boswell Beecroft
                8. Donald Beecroft