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Middleton Becket

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Middleton AWMM
  • Surname
    Becket AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Beckett AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/971 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Nicholas - 21 April 2020 - Army
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 August 1896 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    17th August 1896 Public - Caitlin - Researcher - 27 April 2020 - Military Personnel File
  • Place of birth
    Norsewood, New Zealand Public - Caitlin - Researcher - 27 April 2020 - Military Personnel File
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Bank of New South Wales, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • William M. Becket (father), Church Road, Greenmeadows, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Helen M. Beckett (sister) Public - Caitlin - Researcher - 27 April 2020 - Papers Past
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/971 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • "Educated at Takapau before he came to this School, joined the staff of the Bank of N.S.W. at Napier shortly after he left. Always keen on military service, he at one time was determined to make the Army his profession. He enlisted before he was eighteen, but was rejected. On his transfer to Christchurch he again volunteered, and was accepted for service, going into Trentham as a N.C.O. He was considered rather young for the work, however, and returned to the ranks. This did not deter him, and he left New Zealand with the 2nd Battalion of the N.Z. Rifle Brigade. He died from a shrapnel wound in the back, his being the only casualty in a party of twelve who were detailed to replace some wire entanglements in 'No-Man's Land.' Before going to Europe he had seen six months' service in Egypt." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School])

      Surname is recorded as Becket in Nominal Rolls, as Beckett in Archives New Zealand AWMM
    • Born 17 August 1896, oldest son of William Middleton & Mary Ann Beckett. Public - Sue - Other Relative - 25 January 2015 - Family Papers
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Death

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  • Death
    28 May 1916 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM I.A.30. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Thank you for being so brave. You will always be remembered rest in peace.
    Public - culley - 8 April 2021
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  • rest in peace
    Public - Jeffrey bobart - Researcher - 8 May 2020
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  • You will be remembered, famous or not.
    Rest In Peace
    Public - Caitlin - Researcher - 20 April 2020
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  • Remembered always Rest In Peace
    Public - Sue - Other Relative - 25 January 2015
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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22274067
    Further Reference
  • 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: 45 AWMM
    • In Memoriam, 1914-1918. (1919).Wanganui, N.Z.: Collegiate School. 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. 1: Includes portrait AWMM

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27 April 2020CaitlinDunedin, NZResearcher
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20 April 2020CaitlinDunedin, New ZealandResearcher

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