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Corporal Charles Benjamin Beaver

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
7th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment Memorial
Yass Second World War Roll of Honour
Goulburn-Mulwaree Honour Roll 1939-1972
Given name
C B
Family name
Beaver
Gender
Male
Service number
NX20655
Conflicts
Second World War, 1939–45
Additional information
Place of birth
Jerrawa, NSW
Religion
Anglican or Church of England
Occupation
Brickmaker
Address given on enlistment documents
19 Orion Street
Yass NSW 2582
Marital status
Married
Age at embarkation (years)
22
Age at embarkation (months)
9
Next of kin
Wife: Eileen Amelia Beaver
Enlistment date
Thu, 28 March 1940
Embarkation details
Left Sydney, NSW by ship on 26 December 1940 to go to the Middle East
Rank from Nominal Roll
Corporal
Last held rank
Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll
2/7th Division Cavalry Regiment
Unit at embarkation
7th Division Cavalry
Service
Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF)
Veteran Notes/Bio
  • Place of enlistment: Walgrove, NSW
  • Unit at end of service: 2/7th Division Cavalry Regiment
  • Wounded in action on 12 November 1943. Hit by a Japanese sniper's bullet in the left shoulder.
  • Pictured in image 2 below on his horse 'Liberty'.
  • Pictured in image 3 below, seated first on the left in the front row, with a troop of the 7th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Military Forces. 
Photographs related to this veteran
Corporal Charles Benjamin Beaver
Corporal Charles Benjamin Beaver on his horse 'Liberty'
A troop of the 7th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Military Forces with a Hotchkiss MKI machine gun. Corporal Charles Benjamin Beaver, seated first on the left in the front row
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Telegram advising Corporal Beaver's wife, Eileen Amelia Beaver, that he has been wounded in action

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