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Norman BECKETT

Regimental number52979
Place of birthCardwell, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationButcher
Addressc/o Post Office, Innisfail, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 8"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs L.H. Beckett, Innisfail, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 February 1918
Place of enlistmentTownsville, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameQueensland Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 8 May 1918
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 17 March 1919
Discharge date23 May 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 8 May 1918; admitted to Ship's Hospital, 6 June 1918 (influenza); discharged, 9 June 1918; disembarked Liverpool, England, 10 July 1918; marched into 9th Training Bn, 11 July 1918, and allotted to 42nd Bn, the same day.

Transferred to, and marched into Artillery Details, Reserve Bde Australian Artillery, Hetesbury, 23 July 1918; mustered as a Gunner, 23 July 1918.

Admitted to Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 14 October 1918 (measles); discharged, 28 October 1918, and marched into Reserve Bde Australian Artillery, Hetesbury, the same day.

Admitted to Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 1 November 1918 (influenza); discharged, 15 November 1918, and marched into Reserve Bde Australian Artillery, Hetesbury, the same day.

Proceeded overseas to France, 21 November 1918; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles, 22 November 1918.

Proceeded to unit, 27 November 1918; taken on strength of 6th Bde, Australian Field Artillery, 3 December 1918.

Appointed Driver, 11 December 1918.

Admitted to No 5 Australian Field Ambulance, 12 January 1919 (arthritis); to No 20 Casualty Clearing Station, 13 January 1919; to No 14 General Hospital, Wimereux, 15 January 1918; to England, 18 January 1918; to No 1 Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, 18 January 1919; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, 28 January 1919; discharged to furlough, 31 January 1919; marched into No 1 Command Depot, 15 February 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Plassy', 17 March 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 30 April 1919; discharged Brisbane (medically unfit), 23 May 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death6 February 1931
Age at death41
Place of burialGordonvale Cemetery, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, BECKETT Norman

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