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BECKHAUS, Andrew Bernard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3763 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3763, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3763, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Andrew Bernard Beckhaus
From my grandmother I know the family were based in Urunga on the NSW Coast. Andrew was known as Bernard and worked as a railway worker. He went to war when my grandmother was a young girl. I know while he was away the authorities came to intern the family with a german sounding surname. They were sent away by my great grandmother. From what my grandmother has told me her father, Bernard Beckhaus was sent to training in Egypt before heading to active service. He was injured once and repatriated back to the front line. He was a "runner" between the trenches. He one of very few to survive a gassing before returning back to Australia.
Submitted 30 December 2014 by sharon kendall