BEACH, Henry Edward
(Service number 72202)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 16 February 1898 | Place of Birth | Willowby, Canterbury |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Timaru G.P.O., Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Letter carrier | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Charles BEACH (father), 33 North Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 37th Reinforcements, B Company | ||
| Date | 9 May 1918 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 15 September 1926 | Age | 28 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Old Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Henry Edward Beach was the first born of Charles and Alice Bertha (née Emerson) Beach. Henry was educated at Timaru Main School, having time off school for illness. Embarking at Tilbury on 12 March 1919 for the return home, he reached Lyttelton, New Zealand by the “Corinthic” in April 1919, one of 1142 soldiers aboard.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 November 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 November 2019]; Waimate Cemetery burial record [15 November 2019]; Timaru Herald, 12 April 1919 (Papers Past) [26 November 2013]
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