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Sydney Spencer Beckham

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sydney Spencer AWMM
  • Surname
    Beckham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 29080 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    20/11/1014 Public - Tracy - Direct descendant - 21 March 2023 - Family records
  • Place of birth
    Okahune New Zealand Public - Tracy - Direct descendant - 21 March 2023 - Family records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Wairakei Hotel, Wairakei AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Amalgamated Brick & Tile.
    New Lynn Auckland Public - Tracy - Direct descendant - 21 March 2023 - Family records
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. S.S. Beckham, Foster's Hotel, Wanganui (wife) AWMM
    • Mrs Elise Gene Beckham Public - Tracy - Direct descendant - 21 March 2023 - Family records
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    • Married Public - Tracy - Direct descendant - 21 March 2023 - Family records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 29080 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.33 Hotel porter/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.33
    RotoruaBay of Plenty 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.33
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.33 AWMM

Contributors

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21 March 2023TracyAuckland Direct descendant

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