Many residents of Upper Beaconsfield had an association with the armed forces.
Some were born here and left before the war, others where residents here when they enlisted, or their families lived here. Some soldiers moved here after their war service, some as soldier settlers, leasing orchards. Their war experiences would have affected them or their families for their whole lives. A substantial number of officers retired to Upper Beaconsfield after a career in the armed forces.
We know the names of the soldiers on our war memorial. But their names tell us little about their backgrounds. This index, not yet complete, lists many of the men and women who were actively involved in the conflicts. Click on a name to read more about their lives.
- A'Beckett
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Ulick Burke b. 3 Jul 1882, d. 6 Oct 1963
- Anderson
George Watson b. 18 Jun 1893, d. 16 Nov 1977
- Bailey
- Barnett
Thomas Frederick b. 1887, d. 9 Nov 1960
- Begg
Peter Donald 'Don' b. 6 Apr 1917, d. 13 Mar 2012
Samuel James b. 4 May 1913, d. 26 Mar 2001
- Bell
Robin Archibald David 'Bob' b. 1896, d. 12 Jan 1980
- Berglund
- Berry
- Binding
Albert Edward John b. 8 Dec 1911, d. 10 Mar 1991
- Black
Douglas Bruce b. 20 Jul 1898, d. 12 Dec 1918
Robert Livingstone b. 1893, d. 9 Aug 1918
- Booth
William b. 4 Dec 1904, d. 1963
- Brain
Albert John 'Bert' b. Jun 1880, d. 26 Jul 1961
- Brown
Enos Anthony Edwin b. 1888, d. 1968
Percy Geach b. 31 Oct 1895, d. 1983
- Browne
Archibald Chase b. 1894, d. 1979
Eric Cecil b. 1890, d. 10 Jul 1953
- Burton
Harry Alexander b. 15 Jan 1911, d. 3 May 1990
- Cannon
Lilian b. 10 Oct 1877, d. 3 Jan 1952
- Cole
Gordon Keep b. 7 Dec 1900, d. 1984
- Colles
Clive Dana b. 8 Oct 1923, d. 15 Dec 2006
- Corder
Reginald b. 1887, d. 4 Oct 1917
- Corry
Kathleen b. 27 Mar 1919, d. 3 Aug 2014
- Coulson
- Dennett
- Donaldson
Avenel William John b. 1 Feb 1889, d. 1 Dec 1969
Montrose Richard Ferguson b. 1892, d. 12 Aug 1951
- Donovan
Stanley Gordon H b. 1893, d. 20 Aug 1964
- Downey
William Thomas Stawell b. 19 Sep 1904, d. 1988
- Elmes
Herbert Oliver b. 1873, d. 5 Nov 1916
- Evans
- Ferguson
Henry b. 1890, d. 24 Nov 1967
- Field
- William Derek b. 1938, d. 12 Sep 1959
- Foott
Cecil Henry b. 16 Jan 1876, d. 27 Jun 1942
- Foster
William Henry b. Sep 1893, d. Jul 1977
- Fowler
Samuel Henry Milne b. 1881, d. 22 Dec 1955
- Funnell
Arthur Francis James b. Dec 1895, d. Jun 1968
Robert James Lionel b. 6 Sep 1905, d. 8 Sep 1982
- Gibb
James Mair b. Mar 1884, d. 27 Nov 1968
- Gibbs
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Stephen Leslie b. 1895, d. 20 Dec 1966
- Gilbert
Edward John b. 13 May 1911, d. Sep 2006
- Gillard
Richard John b. 6 Nov 1912
- Glismann
John b. 18 Nov 1900, d. 29 Apr 1991
- Graham
- Grant
Thomas William b. 7 Feb 1907, d. 29 Aug 1977
- Green
Leonard Alfred Robert b. 12 Jul 1915, d. 15 Jul 1994
- Greenwood
Thomas Edwin b. Dec 1900, d. Feb 1962
- Griffin
Francis Joseph (Captain) b. 1 Feb 1881, d. 11 Jun 1965
Warwick James Stokell (Major) b. 11 Oct 1911, d. 22 Aug 1994
- Groser
Adrian Charles Noel b. 14 Jan 1920, d. 8 Dec 2000
Val Arthur Lee b. 3 Jan 1923, d. 25 Jul 1999
- Hall
Frederick Maurice b. 18 Jul 1900
- Hamilton
Frank Gordon b. 19 Jun 1894, d. 5 Dec 1915
Stanley b. 27 Feb 1891, d. 3 Oct 1960
- Harris
Claud Alfred b. 5 Oct 1888, d. 28 Feb 1969
Edward William b. 19 Jul 1895, d. 8 Feb 1961
- Hay
Eric Alexander b. 1889, d. 2 Sep 1943
- Hayball
Robert 'Roy' b. 1889, d. 20 Sep 1958
- Hedrick
David Brydon b. 21 Nov 1871, d. 31 Dec 1939
- Heppner
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William Bernard b. 14 Jan 1894, d. 5 Dec 1979
- Holmes
Charles Henry 'Harry' b. 4 Dec 1911, d. Nov 1985
George Nixon 'Nixon' b. 3 Nov 1914, d. 26 Oct 1994
- Hopkins
Joseph Surrey Thomas b. 1889, d. 29 Dec 1977
- Horan
Harold Michael Mervyn b. 13 Mar 1891, d. 5 Sep 1966
- Horner
Ronald Arthur b. 1918, d. 23 Nov 1994
- Horrigan
Ernest Harry b. 16 Aug 1920, d. 2 Oct 1976
Ernest Henry b. 5 Nov 1893, d. 17 Jun 1953
George Cornelius b. 24 Nov 1921, d. 19 Apr 1990
- Hudson
Bernard Lionel b. 31 Jul 1918, d. 26 Mar 1955
William Harland 'Bill' b. 28 Oct 1914, d. 11 Aug 2008
- Hughes
Constance Vyvyan b. 2 Apr 1917, d. 9 Jul 2011
Gwynneth b. 16 Sep 1920, d. 15 Jul 2014
- Hyde
Thomas Alfred b. 15 Oct 1895, d. 1969
- Imer
Louis James b. 17 Mar 1899, d. 24 Jun 1969
- Jermyn
John Evelyn C b. 16 Jan 1917, d. 20 Aug 2004
- Johnson
William George b. Sep 1893, d. 10 Feb 1975
- Keeble
Frederick Percy b. Jun 1894, d. 29 May 1925
William Russell b. 25 May 1921
- Kennedy
Geoffrey John b. 25 May 1923, d. 24 Jun 1999
- Kerr
- Knapton
Alan Elmy b. 30 Aug 1898, d. 28 Oct 1993
William Gustaf Leslie b. 6 May 1916, d. 1 Jan 2012
- Knox
George Hodges b. 17 Dec 1885, d. 11 Jul 1960
- Ladd
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Edward Wilfred b. 18 Nov 1921, d. 27 Aug 1976
Harry Matthew b. 10 Mar 1891, d. 1 May 1948
- Lamrock
Cuthbert Robert b. 30 Jul 1890, d. 8 Apr 1973
- Lang
Arthur Allan b. 6 Dec 1912, d. 4 Apr 1970
Harry b. 6 May 1916, d. 7 Jan 1987
Philip b. 15 Dec 1914, d. 16 Jul 1998
- Larkin
William John b. 10 Mar 1895, d. 29 Apr 1973
- Linton
- Luke
Victor Mason b. 1891, d. 21 Mar 1966
- MacDougall
James Kenneth b. 25 Sep 1884, d. 10 Feb 1960
- Manger
William Douglas Stewart b. 26 Sep 1890, d. 21 Jul 1915
- Marsh
- Martel
- Matthews
Armstrong 'Dub' b. 19 Nov 1911, d. 12 May 1987
- McArdell
John Orson Oldfield b. 1880, d. 7 Oct 1968
Lionel Clarence b. 1886, d. 1943
Philip Harris Oldfield b. 1883, d. 15 Jul 1917
- McCathie
Neil Campbell b. 13 Apr 1917
- McDonald
David b. 18 Nov 1900, d. 20 Jun 1969
- McMinn
Walter Driffield b. 16 Jul 1892, d. 19 Apr 1978
- Merritt
Walter b. 1877, d. 19 Nov 1965
- Morris
Basil Moorhouse b. 19 Dec 1888, d. 5 Apr 1975
- Moss
Albert Henry b. 7 Jun 1916
- Mumford
Charles Frederick Gordon b. 25 Jan 1893, d. Jun 1962
- Newman
Thomas James b. 8 Aug 1916, d. 22 Mar 1946
- Osborn
Larry b. 5 Aug 1923, d. 14 Aug 2012
- Owen
Edward 'Ted' b. 5 Jun 1907, d. 19 Jan 1998
- Paget
Leslie James b. 1890, d. 24 Aug 1916
- Petersen
John Reginald Francis b. 1909
Leslie James Stewart b. 15 Mar 1907
- Potter
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Hugh Tulloch b. 11 Feb 1922, d. 1 Feb 1953
- Preston
George b. 26 Feb 1913, d. 11 Feb 1987
- Reid
Kenneth Mervyn Ernest b. 3 Oct 1904, d. Dec 1983
- Renfree
Percy Thomas b. 12 Jan 1901, d. 29 Apr 1979
- Richards
Alexander Henry 'Paddy' b. 15 Nov 1887, d. 28 Jul 1952
- Richardson
Arthur Leighton b. 27 May 1907, d. 19 Apr 1985
- Rogers
Bruce b. 31 Mar 1927, d. 2 Jan 2003
- Royals
Albert Henry b. 7 Dec 1883, d. 29 Feb 1968
- Rushall
Alexander b. 1870, d. 3 Dec 1926
- Savory
Joseph Braithwaite b. Dec 1895, d. 21 Aug 1966
- Scott
George William Edward b. 20 Oct 1884, d. 1972
Margaret Olivia b. 1 Apr 1924, d. 10 Jun 2018
Marian Propert b. 26 Nov 1925, d. 12 Feb 2021
- Shanks
- Smith
Harold Gengoult (Sir) b. 25 Jul 1890, d. 14 Apr 1983
Harold Thomas Harvey b. Dec 1884, d. Mar 1938
William Alfred b. 17 Apr 1895, d. 1966
- Sweeney
John b. 1884, d. 1936
- Thomson
David Hedrick b. 1894, d. 5 Feb 1956
Douglas George b. 1897, d. 5 Feb 1959
- Thual
Edward Bernard b. 12 Jun 1899, d. 21 Sep 1917
- Toon
John William Henry 'Bill' b. 12 Dec 1920, d. 13 Apr 2007
- Tucker
- Turner
Henry Thomas b. 9 Nov 1914, d. 18 Sep 2003
- Tyler
- Wade
Harold Kingsley b. 3 Jan 1908, d. 1958
- Walker
- Warmbrunn
Alfred Ernest b. 5 Aug 1884, d. 27 Jul 1966
- Wintle
William Henry b. 19 Aug 1897, d. 3 Jun 1986
- Wright
Colin b. 2 Feb 1890, d. 12 Jun 1961