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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Moana Beattie |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Moana |
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| Surname: |
Beattie |
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| War: |
World War II, 1939-1945 |
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| Serial No.: |
62645 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Scrub cutter |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs K. Beattie (mother), Kiwi Road, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Kiwi Road, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wairoa |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
28 (Maori) Battalion |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
WW2 4 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
WW2 26 |
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| Campaigns: |
Western Desert |
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| Last Unit Served: |
28 (Maori) Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Sollum, Egypt |
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| Date of Death: |
14 December 1941 |
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| Age at Death: |
22 |
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| Year of Death: |
1941 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya |
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| Grave Reference: |
6. C. 19 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Private Beattie was the son of Waaka and Kui Beattie, of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. |
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| Further References: |
28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz |
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| Sources Used: |
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941.) Wellington: Blundell Bros. Ltd.,Printers. 1941
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941.) Wellington: Blundell Bros. Ltd.,Printers. 1941
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