Sergeant

Matthias Beck

MM and Bar

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Matthew Petersen Beck.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

There are no public contributions written for this casualty

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
10/2855
Name:
Matthias Beck
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
01 July 1887
Next of Kin: 
Mrs V. Rowe (friend), Urenui, Taranaki, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Urenui, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Wellington Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
04 October 1917
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
30
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
7th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
09 October 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34
Vessel:
Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (20-30 November 1915)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
N.Z. Apse, Panel 6.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Matthias Beck
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