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Cyril Donald Beckett

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril Donald AWMM
  • Surname
    Beckett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 24/2150 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Frasertown, Wairoa Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 April 2023 - Military Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of William and Jane Beckett, of Frasertown, Wairoa. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 April 2023 - Military Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Frasertown - he was a Gisborne member of the 11th Reinforcements Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 April 2023 - Military Records
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William Beckett (father), Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 April 2023 - Military Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/2150 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 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Cyril Beckett was the son of William and Jane Beckett, of Frasertown, Napier, New Zealand. AWMM
    • OTAGO WITNESS, ISSUE 3258, 23 AUGUST 1916, PAGE 21
      Private Cyril Donald Beckett, Frasertown (wounded in upper part oi arm), was previous to enlisting in the employ oi the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Association, Wairoa, and afterwards at Dalgetys and Co.'s. Wairoa. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 May 2023 - Papers Past
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
08 May 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
11 October 2022NormHavelock North NZResearcher
08 July 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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