BECK, Waldemar
| Service Number: | 6969 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1916, Place of enlistment - Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Msida, Malta, 11 January 1889 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | University of Malta |
| Occupation: | Motor driver/Land surveyor/Architect |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Rouen, France, 6 July 1918, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension Row D, Grave 6B, Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France, Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6969, Place of enlistment - Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6969, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6969, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Fremantle | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6969, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, Shell wound (right eye) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Gioconda Schembri
"...6969 Private Waldemar Beck, 16th Battalion, of Perth, WA. Beck was born in Malta, attended Malta University earning the degree of Bachelor of Economics and Land Surveying and Architecture. He emigrated to WA in 1912, enlisting in the AIF on 9 October 1916. He embarked from Fremantle, WA, aboard HMAT Berrima on 23 December 1916. He died of wounds from a gunshot wound to the head on 6 July 1918 in France, aged 29." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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"KILLED IN ACTION.
BECK.— In loving memory of Private W. Beck, 16th Battalion, who died of wounds in France on July 6th, 1918, deeply, beloved son of Mrs. C. Beck, of Malta.
Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on his soul. — Inserted by Barbara Gugeri, Guildford." - from the Perth W. A. Record 03 Aug 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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