Claude William BECK

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BECK, Claude William

Service Number:	1065
Enlisted:	21 December 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Teralba, New South Wales, Australia, July 1892
Home Town:	Teralba, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Teralba Public School and Hamilton Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Wounds, France, 6 March 1917
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 21,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Teralba Public School Boys HR, Teralba War Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1065, 35th Infantry Battalion
1 May 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 1065, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Corporal, 1065, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
24 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 35th Infantry Battalion
1 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1065, 35th Infantry Battalion, GSW to Chest, DoW Houplines, Armentières, Northern France, 2nd Australian Clearing Station
6 Mar 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 1065, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1065 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-03-06

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.

105 years ago today, on the 6th March 1917, Sergeant Claude William Beck, 35th Battalion (Reg No-1065), carpenter from Teralba, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at Houplines, Armentières, Northern France, age 24.

Born at Teralba, New South Wales on the 5th July 1892 to James (died 1919) and Minerva (died 1951) Beck of Awaba, N.S.W., Claude enlisted December 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Older brother Victor David M.M. (13th & 45th Battalions, Reg No-2331, born 1891, died 1965, age 74) resting at the cemetery. BAPTIST-B NW. 32.

Younger brothers Athol Glen Mitchell (20th Battalion & 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion, Reg No-340, born 1897, died 1984, district unknown) and Charles Louis (34th Battalion, Reg 1787, born 1893, died 1969, Taree, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.

Mr. Beck’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Book of Gold, Teralba Public School Roll of Honour, Teralba Soldiers' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 27th April 1918, 62 names originally inscribed, 8 Fallen, 72 names now inscribed, 17 Fallen), Newcastle Progressive Carpenters & Joiners Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.

Claude’s Memorial Plaque, which was received by his parents July 1922, has been placed at the Beck gravesite, date unknown, and I have placed poppies in remembrance of the supreme sacrifice of this 35th Battalion Hero for God, King & Country. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) L SE. 2.

Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

Lest We Forget.

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