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Robert Frederick Beattie

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Headstone, Florence War Cemetery (photograph Gabrielle Fortune 2008). - Image has All Rights Reserved

Headstone, Florence War Cemetery (photograph Gabrielle Fortune 2008). - Image has All Rights Reserve …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Beattie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    217906 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    217906 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.11 Farmhand/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.11
    Pahiatua, Manawatu-Wanganui 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.11
  • 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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert Beattie was the son of Fred and Minnie Beattie, of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    31 July 1944 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Florence War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VII. C. 12. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • His Name Will Liveth For Evermore In Our Cemetery At Pahiatua Bryan James - President Pahiatua R.S.A. 2015
    Public - BRYAN DAVID - Researcher - 30 May 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2613712
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.11 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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01 June 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
30 May 2015BRYAN DAVIDPAHIATUAResearcher

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