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BEECH, GEORGE ALEXANDER

Person: id 43124

University connections

UMelb

Event flag

World War I

Family name

BEECH

Given name(s)

GEORGE ALEXANDER

Initials

G.A.

Gender

Male

Tertiary education

BEECH G.A. : Architecture.Arch. I, University of MelbourneBEECH G.A. : Architecture, Architectural Association

Start date

1914

Military service

BEECH G.A. : Military and health.Enlisted: Staff Sergeant 23 Jan 1915BEECH G.A. : Specific terms.Demobilised: Staff Sergeant 11 Jan 1920

Survived

Survived WWI

Occupations

BEECH G.A. : Architect 1920 - Department of Works and Railways @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]BEECH G.A. : Architect 1924 - Private Practice @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]BEECH G.A. : Architect 28 Aug 1929 - Department of Works and Railways @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]BEECH G.A. : Assistant Architect 1937 - Department of the Interior @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]

Professional Association Memberships

BEECH, GEORGE ALEXANDER : Royal Institute of British Architects, 1924

Death

BEECH G.A. : Death 16 Apr 1939

OCRd book entry or other narrative

1st year Architecture. 23.1.15; sailed 10.11.15, S/Sgt. 29th Btn.; attd. 3rd Echelon G.H.Q. 25.1.16; 32nd Btn. 12.10.18, attd. 3rd Echelon. Demob. 11.1.20.

Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY

1914

Narrative

Beech was a well respected and well liked member of the profession of architecture in Australia. Among many other things, he helped to draft plans for Parliament House in Canberra. Beech's sudden death caused much sorrow in the profession.

Discovering Anzacs

http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/85489

Australian War Memorial

https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1884719/

Other URLs

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-406666428/view?sectionId=nla.obj-423582850&...ode/1up/search/beechhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205989377https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/11...quence=2&isAllowed=y

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