Private

Charles William Beazley

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Charles Edwin and Catherine Beazley, of 29, Carnaivon St., Belleknowes, Dunedin, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
  • BDM Online
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Mr C. E. Beazley, 15 Kilgour street, Roslyn, has received advice that his eldest son, Chas. William Dixon Beazley, died from wounds on September 9. Private Beazley was born at Heathcote Valley, and was educated at the Heathcote and Richmond Schools. He came to Dunedin with his parents In 1906, and was employed by Messrs Gaudin and Marr and Scott and Sons, of this city. He left with the Sixth Reinforcements, and saw service on Gallipoli, afterwards going to France, where he was previously wounded. His youngest brother, Private C. C. Beazley, is serving with the Thirty-eighth Reinforcements.“ [Otago Witness, Issue 3367, 25 September 1918, Page 42]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
8/2534
Name:
Charles William Beazley
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
19 September 1887
Place of Birth:
Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Charles E Beazlet (father), 16 Kilgour Street, Roslyn
Religion:
Church of England
Date of Enlistment:
17 April 1915
Locality on Enlistment: 
16 Kilgour Street, Roslyn
Place of Enlistment: 
Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation on Enlistment:
Labourer
Employer:
J Nairn, Nevis
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Date of Death:
09 September 1918
Day of Death:
Monday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV. A 41.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Charles William Beazley
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