Background
He was born in Newcastle to traffic manager John Lievesley Beeston and Amelia Jane Denison.
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Joseph Beeston
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Education
He received a local education before travelling to Ireland, where he studied at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin.
Career
He returned to New South Wales, practising in Newcastle as a surgeon in a number of partnerships and as honorary surgeon at Newcastle Hospital. In 1908 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he generally supported the Liberals. In 1914 he enlisted in the AIF with the Field Ambulance, serving in Gallipoli.
Beeston died at Newcastle in 1921.
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March 8, 1921 (aged 62)
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Order of Street Michael and Street George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.