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],