Walter
Frederick
Beard
Born in Sale, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Henry George Beard
and Ann Edwards
Brother of
Theresa Holdsworth (Beard) Whitlow, James Frank Beard, Annie Edwards (Beard) Green, Henry George Beard, William John Holdsworthy Beard, Frank Gann Beard and Minnie Louisa Gerrard (Beard) Tong
Husband of
Matilda Jane (Walker) Beard
— married
29 Mar 1904 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas William Beard, Walter Frederick Beard, Eva Annie May (Beard) Howlett and Dorothy Olive Canberra (Beard) Abery
Died
at age 77
in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Feb 2015
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Contents |
Biography
Walter was born in 1871. Walter Beard ... He passed away in 1948. [1]
Birth
- Birth certificate
- Record information
- Event: births
- Registration number: 11734 / 1871
- Family name: BEARD
- Given name(s): Walter Frederick
- Place of event: SALE, Australia
- Personal detail
- Mother's name: <Unknown Family Name>, Ann
- Mother's family name at birth: EDWARDS
- Father's Name: <Unknown Family Name>, Henry George [2]
Military
- Private Walter Beard
- Ancestor Details
- Ancestor's Name: Walter Frederick Beard
- Ancestor's date of birth: 13/04/1871
- Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided
- Cause of Death: Detail not provided
- Service Number: 521 / 39668
- Colony or State of enlistment: VIC Place of Enlistment: Detail not provided
- Units: Victorian Citizens' Bushmen / Scottish Horse
- Rank attained in Boer War: PTE
- Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
- Murray Page: 248
- Contingent: 3 Victorian
- Ship: Euryalus, Date of Sailing: 10/03/1900
- Ship: Britannic, Date of Sailing: 24/09/1901
- Memorial details: Detail not provided
- Decorations: Detail not provided
- Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
- Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
- Details of service in war: (VCB only) April 1900-April 1901 as part of Vialls’ 3rd Bushmen Regt in Rhodesia under Carington, west Transvaal including skirmish at Koster River where six killed (22 July 1900), and under Plumer in northern Transvaal including battle of Rhenoster Kop (29 November 1900), great De Wet hunt including charge at Wolwekuil (14 February 1901) and advance on Pietersburg.
- Service and life after the Boer War: Royal Natal Constabulary Zulu Rebellion 1906
- Descendant Details
- Name of Descendant: Edward George Beard, Kilsyth VIC
- Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson [3]
Death
- Death certificate
- Record information
- Event: deaths
- Registration number: 6222 / 1948
- Family name: BEARD
- Given name(s): Walter Frederick
- Place of event: PARKVILLE, Australia
- Personal detail
- Mother's name: <Unknown Family Name>, Annie
- Mother's family name at birth: EDWARDS
- Father's Name: <Unknown Family Name>, BEARD Henry George [4]
Cremation
- Walter Frederick Beard
- Location: Fawkner Memorial Park
- Burial location: Scattered
- Other details
- Date of birth
- Date of death
- Date of service: 21 June 1948
- Other names [5]
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Leona Cairns, Thursday, February 19, 2015.
- ↑ BMD Victoria
- ↑ Australian Boer War Memorial
- ↑ BMD Victoria
- ↑ Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Walter:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Walter:
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~25.00%
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Rejected matches › Walter Ross Baumes Willcox (1869-1947)
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