Soldier profiles
Name : BEVERLEY, CYRIL WILFRED STANLEY
Service Number : VX23142
Date of Birth : 19/09/1909
Place of Birth : LONDON, ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 24/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : PASCOE VALE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : MELBOURNE, VIC
Next of Kin : BEVERLEY, JEAN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 16/01/1946
Date Died : 25/09/1987
Age at Death : 78
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. AREA PROTESTANT. LOCATION PRT*A***1805.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : MALAYA, THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0008 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227429 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 225kB)
Background : Son of R. A. Beverley. Married on enlistment. Reported missing in action 04/1942. Confirmed P.O.W. 06/1944. Liberated 08/1945. Arrived Australia 11/1945. Repatriated Singapore to Australia on hospital ship S.S. Karoa.
