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at age 83
in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Biography
Edgar Bean CMG was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)
Edgar Bean CMG is Notable.
Edgar Layton Bean was born 15th October 1893 in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, the son of George Alfred Bean and Amelia Florence Davey. [1] His birth was registered in Essendon, Victoria. [2]
1937: Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George.
News (Adelaide, SA) Monday 22 November 1937 - Page 3
PERSONAL
THE Lieutenant-Governor (Sir George Murray), presented to Mr. Edgar Layton Bean, the Parliamentary Draftsman, the badge and appointment of a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George at Government House today. [3]
1955: Knight Bachelor
Nine New Knights In New Years Honours List
The Queen has elevated two knights to be Knight Commanders of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and created nine new Australian knights in the New Year Honours List in which more than 2,000 names appear. ...
The six new Australian Knights Bachelor are: Edgar Bean, South Australian Parliamentary Draftsman [4]
Notes
Title A Knight Bachelor uses Sir as a prefix, but does not have suffix letters (unless there is a higher accolade which confuses his title; a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George has the suffix CMG.
Australian Dictionary of BiographyBean, Sir Edgar Layton (1893–1977)
by Patricia Sumerling; This article was published in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13 , 1993; and online in 2006
↑Life Events Book. "John Thomas: His Family and Antipodean Descendants" from page 42 citing life events for Sir Edgar Layton KCMG sic, son of George Alfred Bean and Amelia Florence (Millie) DAVEY Author Anthony (Tony) D. Thomas.(2002) ISBN 0-9751108-1-0
↑Birth Index Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. (Online index accessed 12 Jun 2022): 1893 Birth Registration, Edgar Layton BEAN (Amelia Flor DAVEY & George Alfred) ESSE 31309/1893
↑Knight Bachelor 1955 'Nine New Knights In New Years Honours List', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 1 January, p. 1. , viewed 12 Jun 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91203682
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