BEATTIE, Joseph Nesbitt
| Service Number: | 23/68 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified New Zealand Army Units |
| Born: | Brisbane, Qld., 27 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Southport High School, Auckland Grammar School NZ |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Dee Why, NSW, 19 February 1951, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 6 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Other Commonwealth Forces, Sergeant, 23/68, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Joseph was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 27th December, 1894, the son of Mr. George Beattie and Mrs. Margaret Beattie. He was educated at the Southport High School, and the Auckland Grammar School, New Zealand.
He entered the service of" the Bank at Auckland, New Zealand, on 20th December, 1911.
Joseph Nesbitt Beattie enlisted on 6th August, 1914, as a member of the Expeditionary Force which captured German Samoa. He was afterwards in the 1st Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, and was promoted to sergeant, being in action in Tripoli against the Senussi, and in F ranee until 1917.
For his services he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, and was promoted to lieutenant.
Source Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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