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William Milroy Beveridge

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Milroy AWMM
  • Surname
    Beveridge AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    12870 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 21 Jellicoe Crescent, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K.J. Beveridge (wife), Brownville Crescent, Maori Hill, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    France and Germany (TBC) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    12870 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland POW Deaths (R25405152)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
    • 25 November 1941 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Died at camp hospital. Arterial Thrombosis. AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Private Beveridge was the son of William Milroy Beveridge and of Margaret Amelia Beveridge (nee Bare), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

      He was married to Kathleen Jean Beveridge (maiden name unknown), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. AWMM
    • William Beveridge was married to my mothers older Sister, Kathleen Jean Burt born in Dunedin 1n 1916 to George Burt and Beatrice Annie Gertrude Burt (Moore) They were married in Dunedin 1n Dunedin in 1937. Public - Lindsay - Other relative - 24 July 2017 - Family History
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Death

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  • Death
    25 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Germany, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland AWMM 6. E. 10. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2193536
    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 Unknown page AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM

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24 July 2017LindsayDunedin, Otago, New ZealandOther relative

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