George Reeve Bettelheim

Forenames

George Reeve AWMM

Surname

Bettelheim AWMM

Also known as

Bettleheim AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/302 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

12 Jan 1889 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Joseph James & Emma Elizabeth BETTELHEIM

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Address before enlistment

Pre 04 Aug 1914 AWMM Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Joseph J. Bettelheim (father), Nurseryman, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/302 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 04 Aug 1914 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 AWMM Vessel was Star of India AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Dysentery AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Rheumatism AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Tuberculosis AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Invalided to New Zealand on the Tahiti February 1916 AWMM
• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Pulmonary tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 20 May 1916 AWMM
Medically unfit AWMM
Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of Joseph J. Bettelheim, of Tauranga.

Name recorded as Bettleheim on the nominal roll and as Bettelheim by Archives New Zealand

Next of Kin: Mr J. Bettelheim Tauranga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

26 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Place of death

Waikato, NZ

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Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Tauranga Public Anglican Cemetery, corner of Grace Road and 17th Avenue, Tauranga South, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

For the history of his life refer to: “DEATH OF A RETURNED SOLDIER. - Accorded a Military funeral -
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/george-reeve-bettelheim

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22276038
  Further Reference
• Obituary: Bay Of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 7006, 29 April 1918, Page 3
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=BOPT19180429.2.11.2.3&srpos
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643252/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643252
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 53
• Bay of Plenty Times
• The kai-courier. Magazine of returning forces on board H.M.T. No. 230, 'Kaikoura'. Departing Suez on 6 March 1919.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.