BEAN, Neville
(Service number 11816)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth | Punjab, India |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | C. Bean (brother), C/- Haynes, Robinson and Cox, Perth, Western Australia | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZEF | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 12th Reinforcements Welllington Infantry Battalion, B Company | ||
| Date | 1 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 21 February 1917 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Messines, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Temuka War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Neville Bean was the son of Ellen A Bean of 303 New South Head Rd, Edgecliff, Sudney, NSW, Australia and the late John Duncan Bean (District Superintendent Punjab Police). Born in the Punjab, India
Sources
Temuka through the years: an informal history (Temuka History Book Committee, 2009); Cenotaph Sep 2013
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Researched and Written by
Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald
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