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Peter John Oliver Beck

  • Service number
    • 11385 AWMM
    • Korea 11385 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Black Pete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Korean War, 1950-1953 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Peter John Oliver AWMM
  • Surname
    Beck AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Black Pete AWMM
  • Service number
    • 11385 AWMM
    • Korea 11385 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    29 September 1928 Public - Rosemary - Other Relative - 2 March 2015 - Family oral history - I am his granddaughter
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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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    • Husband of Marie; father of Allan, Brent, Neale AWMM
    • Grandfather of Andrew, Michael and Rosemary.
      Great grandfather of Orlando, Cuba and Gabriel Public - Rosemary - Other Relative - 2 March 2015 - Direct family

Death

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  • Death
    31 May 2008 AWMM
    Age 79 AWMM
    Papakura, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 2 June 2008

    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 3 June 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand in the Korean War. New Zealand History online
    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
    Further Reference
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 2 June 2008 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 3 June 2008 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 March 2015RosemaryAuckland, New ZealandOther Relative

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