Territory Stories

Maurice Beckwith

Details:

Title

Maurice Beckwith,

Name

Maurice Beckwith,

Also known as

Beckwith, Maurice Rodman,

Collection

Returned ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Darwin,

Place of enlistment

Adelaide (S.A.),

Date of enlistment

1916-02-16,

Age

22,

Occupation

Farmer,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

27th Infantry Battalion, 19th Reinforcement,

Rank

Gunner,

Service number

6516,

Next of kin

R. A. Beckwith - Mother ; Gladstone, S.A.,

Date of death

1905-05-26,

Place of death

Victoria,

Biographical notes

Maurice Rodman Beckwith was one of seven children and was born 12 May 1893 at Palmerston, Northern Territory to parents Ralph James and Ruth Agnes Beckwith (nee Manthorpe). He is a younger brother of Kenneth James Beckwith.,

History

Unit embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A28 'Miltiades' on 24 January 1917. Transferred to 14th Field Artillery Brigade. Gunshot wound right thigh 3 August 1918. Returned to Australia 22 May 1919.,

Subject

Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, ANZAC,

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3067197, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067587%5CRCDIG1067587--433-.JPG, http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1559480/, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/44/, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5719473, http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3067197 [Service Record], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/44/[Unit War Diary], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5719473 [The blue and brown diamond : History of the 27th Battalion (A.I.F.) on active service by W. Dollman and H.M. Skinner. Adelaide : Lonnen & Cope, 1921.], http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067587%5CRCDIG1067587--433-.JPG [Embarkation Roll], http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1559480/ [Nominal Roll],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/226421,