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Harold Francis Beamish

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Beamish AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1896 AWMM Havelock North, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) AWMM
    Awarded in recognition of his services with a wing of The Royal Navy Air Service at Dunkirk between January and September 17 during which time he destroyed several hostile machines and drove down numerous others. AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 England, United Kingdom 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attended Wanganui Collegiate School. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 October 1986 AWMM
    Age 90 AWMM
    Havelock North, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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20 January 2018StoneyTuakau NZResearcher

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