Sydney Colin Beazley (1909 - 1942)

Born 18 May 1909 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Olive Beryl (Taplin) Beazley — married 26 Apr 1939 in Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Died 1 Jul 1942 at age 33 in At Sea

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Biography

Sydney Beazley was a Prisoner of War during World War II.

Sydney Beazley died as a prisoner of war on the Montevideo Maru during the Second World War.

Sydney Colin 'Syd' Beazley

Reverend Methodist Missionary

Birth 18 MAY 1909 at Northam, 97kms northeast of Perth, Western Australia, Australia

parents -

Alfred Beazley Birth 18 MAY 1872 at Northam, Western Australia, Australia Death 6 AUGUST 1943 at Northam, Mosman Park, Western Australia, Australia &

Mary Margaret Wright Birth 1877 at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands Death 26 SEPTEMBER 1964 at Northam, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Siblings -

Hector Alfred 'Dick' Beazley Birth 29 MAR 1903 at Northam, Western Australia, Australia [3948] Death 10 MAR 1990 at Atherton, Queensland, Australia

Phillip Wright Beazley Birth 5 APR 1905 at Northam, Western Australia, Australia [4414] Death 12 OCT 1965 at Mosman Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Bettina Olive Beazley/Stanton Birth 13 MAR 1907 at Northam, Western Australia, Australia Death 2000 at Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia

Conrad Lucas Beazley Birth 29 JUL 1913 at Northam Dist., Western Australia, AustraIia Death 02 MAR 1984 at Kalamunda, Western Australia, AustraIia (70)

Jessie Edith Beazley/Devlin Birth 27 NOV 1915 at Northam Dist., Western Australia, AustraIia Death 28 OCT 1980 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Kim Edward Beazley Birth 30 Sep 1917 at Northam, Western Australia, Australia Death 12 Oct 2007 at Bethesda Hospital, Claremont, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Margaret Nina Beazley 1919–1919

Residence 1931 aged 22yrs at South Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia No.161 Marine Terrace, South Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia [Occ: CARPENTER]

Residence 1936 aged 27yrs at Toodyay, Swan, Western Australia, Australia Beazley Sydney Colin, carpenter - Goomalling

Mission 1937 aged 28yrs at Malakuna, Rabaul, New Britain, New Guinea

Technical Training: 'Syd Beazley arrived in 1937, and four young men were selected as his first trainees. They were to be a 'travelling school' moving from job to job, and based at the Malakuna workshop.' Threlfell, Neville - 100 Years in the Islands

Marriage - 26 Apr 1939 aged 30yrs at Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea to Olive 'Beryl' Taplin (1914–1976)

Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders late January 1942 aged 32yrs at Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

'McArthur, Linggood, Pearson, Oakes, Simpson, Trevitt, Shelton, Poole, Pearce and Beasley were taken from their work and imprisoned with the soldiers and civilians in Rabaul

Death before dawn 1 Jul 1942 drowned at sea off Luzon in northern Philippines, in South China Sea, torpedoed sinking of Japanese POW SS Montevideo Maru by US submarine

Burial/Memorial - Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Rev Sydney Colin Beazley Birth Date: 1909 Birth Place: Northam, Northam Shire, Western Australia, Australia Death Date: 1 Jul 1942 Death Place: At Sea Cemetery: SS Montevideo Maru Memorial

Estate - Sydney Collin Beazley Residence Place Rabaul New Guinea Death Date 1 Jul 1942 Occupation Methodist Missionary

The West Australian (Perth, WA), Tue 30 May 1939, p.1

BEAZLEY-TAPLIN.-On April 26. 1939, at the Methodist Church, Rabaul Territory, New Guinea, by the Rev. H. Pearson, BA., Sydney Colin, third son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Beasley, of Mosman Park, to Olive Beryl, younger daughter of the late Mr. H. L. and Mrs. Taplin, of Kalamunda.^[1]

The Weekly Gazette (Goomalling, WA), Fri 09 Nov 1945, p.1

Those in Goomalling who recall Syd Beazley have learned with sadness that he was among those who lost their lives while a prisoner-of-war aboard the prison ship, Montevideo Maru, in June, 1942. Coming to Goomalling first in association with Mr. H. H. Gribble, the late Syd Beazley later engaged for a short time in carpentering locally, leaving in 1937 when he accepted a post with the Methodist Mission at Rabaul, New Britain, to work among the natives and ply his trade of carpenter. He was a brother of Mr. Kim Beazley, M.H.R., and left a widow and small daughter. His wife was formerly Miss Beryl Taplin, also known in Goomalling.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46395051
2. ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240177339

Birth - WA Birth Index Beazley Sydney C Male reg'd Northam 165 1909

Residence - Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Rev Sydney Colin Beazley Birth Date 1909 Birth Place Northam, Northam Shire, Western Australia, Australia Death Date 1 Jul 1942 Death Place At Sea Cemetery SS Montevideo Maru Memorial Burial or Cremation Place Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea Has Bio? Y URL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115821860

• Death Form - National Archives of Australia - Defence - General - Information of deaths for persons lost on the MONTEVIDEO MARU [2.5 cm] - https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=102239&S=15

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3173222/sydney-colin-beazley/

Estate - New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958

In the News

• Jun 1936 - Completed workshop in Goomalling - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240113822