Henry John White Beck

Major

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Alexander and Emma Jane Beck; husband of Doris Catherine Tasma Beck, of Darling Point.

References:

Australian Nominal Roll (WWII)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Major Henry Beck served as a Lieutenant with the Canterbury Infantry Regiment in WW1, from 1917. A civil engineer, born in Chrischurch, he embarked for France aboard the Ruahine. Wounded, near Treport in 1918, he was evacuated to hospital in London and discharged on the 12th Nov 1918, returning to New Zealand for final discharge in May 1919.

Moving to Australia, he joined up in 1939 (service record date) and served in the Headquarters of the Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, NSW.

He died from illness in November 1945 and is buried in Sydney War Cemetery, Australia.

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Casualty

Service Number:

N78795

Name:

Henry John White Beck

Rank:

Major

Date of Birth:

04 May 1887

Place of Birth:

Christchurch, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Beck, Doris

Date of Enlistment:

01 January 1940

Locality on Enlistment:

Paddington, New South Wales

Unit:

Australian Citizens Military Force, Australian Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, NSW Lines of Communication Area

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died from Illness

Date of Death:

17 November 1945

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Sydney War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

D. C. 8.

Cemetery Location:

Australia