Lionel Frederick BEECHEY

Regimental number24/1337
AddressKaitieke, Raurimu
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, F W Beechey, Kaitieke, Raurimu
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 November 1915
Members of F Company, 2nd Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 35 'Willochra' and HMNZT 36 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitF Company, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of disease 10 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 142), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick William and Hannah Beechey, Kaitieke, Raurimu, North Island
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: F Company/2nd Rfts of 2nd NZRB

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