Regimental number | 2072 |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
School | Church of England Grammar School, Geelong, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Theology student |
Address | 17 Malop Street, Geelong, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 150 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Edward Bechervaise, 17 Malop Street, Geelong, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Broadmeadows, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Battalion, F Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/23/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Great-grandfather commanded a private ship-of-war during the Napoleonic Wars; his grandfather served in the Crimean War; his father served in the Ashanti War, 1873-4, with the Naval Force on the West African Coast. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 23 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 26), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 45 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on The Associated Stock & Station Agents of Melbourne Roll of Honour. Parents: Edward John BECHERVAISE, 17 Malop Street, Geelong, and the late Lizzie Charlotte BECHERVAISE |
Family/military connections | Brother: Lt Alex Tullford BECHERVAISE, 5th Bn, awarded the MC for distinguished conduct during the attack on Lihons, 10 August 1918; returned to Australia, 2 January 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 5 April 1915. Posted as missing in action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915. Court of Enquiry, Erquingham, France, 24 April 1916, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915'. Statement, Red Cross File No 03104019, 825 Lance Corporal R.E. REIFFEL, B Company, 6th Bn (patient, No 3 General Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt), 20 March 1916: 'He was in my section (16 men) we went out on the day of [the] landing and got nearly across the Peninsula. We separated and I have not heard of him since. He came from Geelong.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BECHERVAISE Noel Edward
Red Cross File No 03104019 |