Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Edward Copeland Beecroft and Edna Anne Ryan

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Husband Edward Copeland Beecroft [10414]

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           Born: 13 Aug 1918 - St. Marys, New South Wales, Australia 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Oct 1975 - Stockton, , , Australia 2 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Robert Thomas J C Beecroft [10351] (1890-1972)
         Mother: Ivy Elizabeth [10413] (      -1965)

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       Marriage: 1945 - Concord, , NSW, Australia 4

Events

• Military: World War II, 21 Feb 1940. Service Record
Name BEACROFT, EDWARD COPELAND
Service Australian Army
Service Number 237660 (N30448, NX127467)
Date of Birth 13 Aug 1918
Place of Birth ST MARYS, NSW
Date of Enlistment 21 Feb 1940
Locality on Enlistment ST MARYS
Place of Enlistment PENRITH, NSW
Next of Kin BEACROFT, COPELAND
Date of Discharge 10 Jan 1946
Rank Lieutenant
Posting at Discharge 39 Works Company
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No.

• Event: The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 Jun 1952. KOREA HONOURS
Honours awarded for outstanding services of a nonoperational nature in Korea and in Japan include: --
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Military Division Officers (O.B.E.)
Commander Charles John Stephenson, R.A.N; Lieut.-Commander Dennis Owen Bullen, R.N.; Major Albert Arthur Smith, R.A.A.O.C.; Squadron-Leader Carl Joseph Leopold.

Members (M.B.E.)
Lieut. Edward Copeland Beacroft, R. Aust. Inf.

• His obituary was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 1 Nov 1975. Edward Copeland Beacroft, Death Notice, 31 Oct 1975, age 57, late of Stockton.

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Wife Edna Anne Ryan [10421]

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           Born: 23 Mar 1916 - Gulgong, NSW, Australia 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 2007 - Maroba Nursing Home, , , Australia 3
         Buried: 25 Sep 2007 3

Events

• Military: World War II, 23 Oct 1942, Rutherford, NSW, Australia. Service Record
Name BEACROFT, EDNA ANN
Service Australian Army
Service Number NX135053 (N436141)
Date of Birth 23 Mar 1916
Place of Birth GULGONG, NSW
Date of Enlistment 23 Oct 1942
Locality on Enlistment GOOLMA, NSW
Place of Enlistment RUTHERFORD, NSW
Next of Kin RYAN, JAMES
Date of Discharge 4 Feb 1946
Rank Lieutenant
Posting at Discharge AANS (AIF) 113 MH
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No.

• Her obituary was published in the Newcastle Herald on 29 Sep 2007. Edna Ann Beacroft, Funeral Notice, 25 Sep 2007, age 91, at Maroba Nursing Home, late of Waratah.

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Children

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Sources

1 World War II Nominal Roll (http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/).

2 Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm).

3 THE RYERSON INDEX

to contemporary death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers (http://www.ryersonindex.org/).

4 Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), Concord district; 8463/1945.