Jonathan AWMM

Beaver AWMM

Lofty Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Papers Past Online

WWI 10/1413 AWMM

Male AWMM

Presbyterian Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Papers Past Online

Unknown AWMM Post-office, Port Ahuriri, New Zealand AWMM

Paul Beaver (father), Queen's Parade, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Army AWMM

WWI 10/1413 AWMM

British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

WW1 AWMM

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 March 1915 AWMM from AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM

HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

12 September 1934 Public Source

12 September 1934 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Opotiki Cemetery Online

47 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Opotiki Cemetery Online

Opotiki Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Papers Past Online

Opotiki Cemetery Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Opotiki Cemetery Online

14 J, Section F-L Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Opotiki Cemetery Online

“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

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20544257
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22273994
  Further Reference

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
  Page No: 45 AWMM
• Opotiki Cemetery
  https://sites.google.com/site/opotikicemeteries/about-opotiki-cemeteries-urupa-opot Public - Sandra - Researcher - 29 October 2018 - Online Search