Trooper

George Beckett

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mary E. Beckett, of 14, Fulton St., Gladstone, Invercargill, and the late J Beckett.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
9/242
Name:
George Beckett
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mary Beckett, Invercargill, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Woodlands, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Otago Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
21 August 1915
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
27
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Port Chalmers, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 5
HMNZT 9
Vessel:
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
George Beckett
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