condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

David Arthur Roland McBeth

-
Lay a poppy
Photograph of David Arthur Roland McBeth (right) and his brother John Allan McBeth at Helwan Hospital in 1941. Image kindly provided by Terry McBeth (February 2019). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Photograph of David Arthur Roland McBeth (right) and his brother John Allan McBeth at Helwan Hospita …

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    David Arthur Roland AWMM
  • Surname
    McBeth AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 4978 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Greece AWMM
    • 1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 4978 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 10 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Medium AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
      Natural causes AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    29 March 1996 AWMM
    Age 79 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died from Natural Causes AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Harewood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember David Arthur Roland McBeth by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of David Arthur Roland McBeth

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Related Serviceperson

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 107 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
13 April 2018TerryUpper HuttDirect descendant

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.