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Cenotaph record

William Henry Beatson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Beatson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/4286 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Brethren AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 July 1879 AWMM Motueka, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Orinoco, Nelson AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs C.M. Beatson (mother), Orinoco, Nelson AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/4286 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5 ft 7 in AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      160 lb AWMM
    • Complexion, WWI AWMM
      Fresh AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWI AWMM
      Black AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWI AWMM
      Grey AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW1 20 January 1919 AWMM
    Discharged due to demobilisation. AWMM
    Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Did not embark. Son of David Guthrie and Helen Beatson [nee Griffin] one of 11 children. Married Mary Agnes Capper 27 July 1920, they seem to have had 3 children. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 March 1974 AWMM
    Age 94 AWMM
    Motueka, Tasman AWMM
  • 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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