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Tasmania

Tasmania is an island state of Australia, separated from the mainland by the Bass Strait.

John Besford was transported to Hobart in 1835, and David Besford moved from Victoria to Tasmania in 1943.

David Besford (1897–1991)

David Besford was injured fighting in the First World War. He and his family emigrated from the UK to Australia in 1925, where he worked as a mines inspector.

Thomas Besford (1899–1994)

Thomas Besford was born at Chevington Crescent, Northumberland. He was a miner who first relocated with his family to Kent, and then in 1928 to Australia.