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Charles Ian Beckingsale

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Rosewill District War Memorial (photo donated by Brian Davison 2009) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Ian AWMM
  • Surname
    Beckingsale AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    14110 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
    • Unknown AWMM Rosewill Rural Delivery, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Rosewill Rural Delivery, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr C.M. Beckingsale (father), Rosewill Rural Delivery, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr C.M. Beckingsale (father), Rosewill Rural Delivery, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Private Beckingsale was the son of Charles Meadows Beckingsale and Helen Sutherland Beckingsale, of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.

    name listed as C.M. Beckingsale on the Rosewill War Memorial AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. A. 25. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Rosewill District War Memorial, Rosewill Hall, corner of Basset Road and Fraser Road, Rosewill, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM

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  • Charles was my Great Uncle. As far as we know he was single and never had any family of his own.
    Public - Joan - Other Relative - 14 July 2015
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  • he was my great great great grandad
    Public - will - Other Relative - 23 April 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/2092252
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 33 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 18 AWMM
    • Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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14 July 2015JoanOamaruOther Relative
23 April 2015willoamaruOther Relative

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