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Jonathan Beaver

  • Service number
    WWI 10/1413 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Lofty Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Papers Past Online
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 45 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jonathan AWMM
  • Surname
    Beaver AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Lofty Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Papers Past Online
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1413 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Papers Past Online

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Post-office, Port Ahuriri, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Paul Beaver (father), Queen's Parade, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1413 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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    WW1 AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • He was the son of Paul & Mary Jane BEAVER (nee Holmes). Public - Sandra - Researcher - 2 December 2018 - Waipu Museum
    • His brother John Omri BEAVER (1/565) was also enlisted with the NZEF. Public - Sandra - Researcher - 2 December 2018 - Waipu Museum

Death

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  • Death
    12 September 1934 Public Source
  • Date of death
    12 September 1934 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Opotiki Cemetery Online
  • Age at death
    47 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Opotiki Cemetery Online
  • Place of death
    Opotiki Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Papers Past Online
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Opotiki Cemetery Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Opotiki Cemetery Online
  • Grave reference
    14 J, Section F-L Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Opotiki Cemetery Online
  • Obituary
    “LOFTY” BEAVER WIDELY-KNOWN VETERAN BURIAL AT OPOTIKI (Special to the Herald.) OPOTIKI, this day. Returned soldiers and members of the general public were present in huge numbers at the funeral in Opotiki yesterday of the late Mr. Jonathan Beaver, a veteran of the Great War whose personality had established him as one of the most popular of the settlers in the Opotiki district, and a man with a war record of outstanding service. The late Mr. Beaver was known to all as “Lofty,” and during the several months of progressive illness which led to his death on Wednesday, he and his family had received many evidences of public sympathy. To his widow and two children the condolences of the whole district are now extended; The late Mr. Beaver had had a varied career, having worked as - bushman in the North of Auckland for some years, and also served as a seaman with Messrs Richardson and Company for some time prior to the war, intervals having been filled by other occupations, at all of which Air. Beaver showed a gift for all kinds of semiskilled work. On the outbreak of war, he proceeded to Auckland, and there he enlisted in December, 1914, being a member of the Third Reinforcements of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He joined the Hawke’s Bay Regiment of the Wellington Battalion on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and thereafter, with short intervals caused by wounds and illness, he remained on active service with the regiment until May, 1919, when he was discharged on account of a deep-seated illness contracted during his service in France. His total service was four years and 37 days, and having started as a private, he was discharged with the rank of company sergeant major. A COMMANDER’S TRIBUTE: Among those who were familiar with the character and work of the late Mr. Beaver during his war service was Brigade General Hurt, Administrator of Samoa, who at one time commanded the Wellington Battalion. General Hunt has noted that the gallantry of “Lofty” Beaver came under his n Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Papers Past Online
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