Beasant, Stanley Walter, 1896 - 1916

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Name Stanley Walter Beasant, 1896 - 1916Alternative nameBesant, Stanley Walter, 1896 - 1916BiographyDate of Birth: 8 March 1896, Drayton (Qld.) Date of Death: 5 August 1916 in the Battle of Somme, France Buried: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France Stan's parents were William Henry Beasant and Martha Child. William Henry was a shopkeeper who moved to Redcliffe from Toowoomba about 1916. The shop was situated on Redcliffe Parade between the Brisbane Road (now Anzac Avenue) and the Ambassadors Hotel. The sign above the shop read W H Beasant and Sons. The Beasants had two sons go off to war, Stan being the first to enlist on 5 August 1915 and his brother William Henry on 5 January 1916. Stanley was killed in action at Pozieres in France in August 1916. There is no known grave.Birth date08 March 1896Death date05 August 1916

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Stanley Walter Beasant, SN 3684, Service Record

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Beasant, Stanley Walter, 1896 - 1916