Joseph Edward BECKETT

Regimental number57458
OccupationDairyman
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Beckett, 159 Huxley Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Ruahine on 15 August 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 February 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)CWGC records final unit as 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment.
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBoulogne eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No 157), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mark and Catherine Beckett, 159 Huxley Street, Sydenham, Christchurch. Native of Southbridge, Canterbury
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 11