James Beck

Individual, P024

Flying Officer James Arthur Gordon Beck DFC

Biography
 
KILLED IN ACTION 4 APRIL 1945
James Beck (1918 - 1945) was born in Launceston, the son of Frank Washington and Margaret A. Beck. James was the grandson of’ James Beck” who emigrated from Sussex in 1883. James attended the Trevallyn Primary School and the State High School, Launceston and entered the firm of chartered accountants, Layh, Hart & Room.

He was greatly interested in music and drama and played a lot of tennis. When he was small the family attended St. Oswald’s Church and later were members of St. John’s.

He enlisted in the R.A.A.F. in World War II and was awarded the D.F.C. He was killed in action over Germany on 4th April 1945. At St. Oswald’s and St. John’s memorials were erected by his family: at St. Oswald’s a brass ewer for the font and at St. John’s a brass plaque and a stained-glass window featuring ‘Michael the Archangel’. The inscriptions are as follows:
Ewer:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
FlO JAMES BECK D.F.C.

Plaque:

A.M.D.G.
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FLYING OFFICER JAMES BECK D.F.C. R.A.A.F.
KILLED IN OPERATIONS OVER GERMANY BURIED AT ITTERBACH, HOLLAND ERECTED BY HIS FAMILY

Window:

A.M.D.G.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FlO JAMES BECK D.F.C. AGED 27
KILLED IN ACTION
ERECTED BY HIS FAMILY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source
Extract from 'Engraved in Memory' by J.S.Gill. 1988
Related objects
James Beck Memorial Window (creator)
Memorial Plaque - Flying Officer James Beck D.F.C. (Memorial to)
Memorial Plaque - James Beck (Memorial to)
Related people
Amy Florence Beck (nee Pike) (is related to)
James Beck (snr) (is related to)
Online Sources
Aviation Heritage Museum of Western Australia
https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/beck-james-arthur-408434/
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