Soldier WW1 with fake name.. how to find out what it was?????

[Nat40]

no its not him.. i bought the certificate years ago thinking he may have had a secret past we knew nothing about but no

[mum mum]

Hi,
I know you have the McBeath/Palmer marriage certificate but does the other Reggie McBeath check out? What I mean is, does he exist, did you check his parents and place of birth? Just a long shot that he could have put down his foster parents names or a wrong place of birth on his marriage, perhaps even on his enlistment he didn't put Paddington as his place of birth. If he was raised by someone else he may not have known his real parents names or may have preffered to use his foster parents. So just double check the other Reggie McBeath, his death, electoral roll etc.
mum mum

[mum mum]

Tried to post this ten minutes ago and lost it. I just shot myself down in flames, there is Reginald and Mary Ellen mcBeath living in Victoria from 1942-54 while your Reginald Kengsley is at Coonabarabran in NSW.
mum mum

[Nat40]

thanks Mum Mum for looking into it... just wondering, how long does the Transcribing person you recommended usually take???

[Aussie1947]

Hi,
There are two family trees on a subscription site for a Reggie/Reginald Kingsley McBeath both have him born in Paddington on 22nd November 1895 and death at Coonabarabran.

Tree 1 has Reggie marrying 10th Dec 1949 at Gunnendah a Olive Lilian Harvey b: 1891at Ballarat D: NSW ?.  Reggie death recorded as 16th Aug 1972 at Coonabarabran.

Tree 2 has Reginald marrying 10th Dec 1949 at Gunnendah a Olive Lilian Harvey B: 4th June 1922 at Ulamambri NSW D: 16 Sept 2001 at Coonabarabran NSW.  Reginald's death recorded as 16th Aug 1971.

Regards
Gerry

[Nat40]

thanks Gerry, yeah one of them would be mine I would say and the other is wrong.. Olive was definately born in NSW. Thanks for looking for me mate

[Nat40]

Got this today which may explain the fake name-
Dear Natalie,

Thank you for your request for information on the First World War service of Reginald Kingsley McBeath.

I have had a look through the Neil C Smith book: What’s in a Name, using all the possible options that you offer: Patman, Schipp, and birth at Paddington.

Unfortunately I have not had any luck, so you may need to continue researching through your own family records.

Minimum enlistment age for the First World War was 18, but with parental permission. Without parental permission the age was 21, so if an 18 year old decided to enlist without his parents’ permission, he may well have changed his name.

Regards,

Research Centre
Australian War Memorial