BECKMAN, Idrice
| Service Numbers: | 2624, QX7707 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1916, Bundaberg |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Northern Command Workshops |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 11 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber & Sheet Metal Worker |
| Died: | Illness, Greenslopes Military, Hospital, Brisbane, Australia,, 18 June 1944, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Portion 15A, Section 2, Allotment 18, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2624, 47th Infantry Battalion, Bundaberg | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2624, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2624, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Imprisoned Battle of Messines, Captured by the Germans & interned at Grafenwohr & repatriated to Dover 21st Dec 1918 | |
| 19 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 2624, 47th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX7707 | |
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| 6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 2 Aug 1947: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), QX7707, Northern Command Workshops, Australian Corps Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (AEME) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Idrice was born Idrice Karl Otto BECKMAN on 11th September, 1895 in Gympie, Queensland
His parents were Karl (Charles) Edward BECKMAN & Mary Jane TOFT
He married Catherine Mary TOBIN on 2nd July 1927
Idrice served during WW1 in the 47th Infantry Battalion and was taken prisoner of war by the Germans on 7th June, 1917 at Messines and was sent to Grafenwohr and repatriated later to Dover in England on 21st December, 1918
He returned to Australia on the ship Plassey on 8th May, 1919 and was discharged on 15th June 1919
On 6th June 1940 he re-enlisted to serve during WW2 and was with the Northern Command Workshop of the Australian Corps Electircal & Mechanical Engineers (AEME)
He died of Illness in the Greenslopes Military Hospital in Brisbane on 2nd August, 1947 and is buried in Toowong Cemetery
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