Oswald William Murphy BECKETT

Regimental number29726
OccupationCarter
Next of kinWife, Mrs R C M Beckett, 45 Macandrew Road, South Dunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 67 Tofua on 11 October 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitC Company, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs W.A. Turnbull (formerly Beckett), 69 Madras Street, Sydenham, Christchurch; Wife: Rubina Catherine Mary Beckett, 45 Macandrew Road, South Dunedin. Native of Georgetown, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 9

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