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Rawdon St John Beere

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Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Rawdon St John Beere. Image sourced from Imperial War Museums' 'Bond of Sacrifice' collection. ©IWM HU 113606

Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Rawdon St John Beere. Image sourced from Imperial War Museums' 'Bond …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rawdon St John AWMM
  • Surname
    Beere AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 1/040 AWMM
    • 24/3 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 December 1879 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Day's Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Regular soldier/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Constance May Beere (wife), Day's Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 August 1914 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

Service

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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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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Officer commanding the embarkation aboard HMNZT 34.

    Commanding Officer (CO) of 2 & 4 Battalions, New Zealand Rifle Brigade during WWI.

    Appointed Officer Commanding (OC) of 2 NZ Infantry Brigade, 1925.

    OC of Wellington Division Home Guard, 1940-45.

    Member of 1911 Coronation contingent.

    Colonel Beere's son, Ian St John Beere, was killed in World War 2. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    19 May 1968 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Section: SOLD NICHE, Plot Number: 23 DIV C2 AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 46 AWMM
    • Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins. AWMM
    • The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research data set were verified as serving in Le Quesnoy. AWMM

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