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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Bob" John Robert BEECROFT

Born 13 June 1914 in Beverley, Western Australia [16]
Son of Alfred BEECROFT and Alice Maud May ROGERS [15]
Farmhand in Winchester 1939-1941 [19]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1938-39 [5: 2-Dec-1938]
Member of the Carnamah Miniature Rifle Club in 1941 [5: 2-May-1941]
Enlisted to in the Australian Army on 18 June 1941 [16]
Trooper WX14328 in the Australian Army's 2/10 Armoured Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 January 1945 [16]
Later resided in Katanning [2]
Died 11 July 1985 [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Robert Beecroft' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 23 June 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-robert-beecroft [reference list]




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