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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Albert Edward Beswick |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Lance Corporal |
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| Forename(s): |
Albert Edward |
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| Surname: |
Beswick |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
3/834 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Lance Corporal |
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| Next of Kin: |
William Beswick (father), Postmaster, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
37 Linton Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Ambulance |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 8 |
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| Vessel: |
Star of India |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
53 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Medical Corps |
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| Place of Death: |
Malta to Egypt |
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| Date of Death: |
26 October 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
21 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of disease |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Addolorata Cemetery, Malta |
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| Grave Reference: |
E. EA. A. 675. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Albert Beswick, son of William and Anne Beswick. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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