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Cenotaph record

Murray Edward Beadle

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Portrait, Murray Edward Beadle - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Murray Edward Beadle - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Murray Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Beadle AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 632154 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 August 1924 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 43 Hakanoa Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Safety Manager/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs M.M. Beadle (mother), 43 Hakanoa Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 30 July 1946 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Full infantry training at Papakura AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Unknown AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Burroughs Serviceman/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Other, Unknown Period AWMM
      In good health AWMM
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 11 inches AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Severe dysentry, treated at the British Hospital in Ebisu Camp, Tokyo AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Joan

    Returned to Burroughs for a year and then worked for Fisher & Paykel until retirement

    While employed at Fisher & Paykel, Mr Beadle took adult training for commercial refrigeration and then finally became safety manager for the entire company

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2001 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 July 2011 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 July 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 9 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 July 2011 AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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