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Samuel BECK

Regimental number2214
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolBega Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDairy farmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Beck, 37 Norfolk Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2114
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 May 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death5 May 1916
Age at death25
Place of burialBrewery Orchard Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 25), Bois-Grenier, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
90
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Mary Ann BECK, 140 Gowrie Street, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 375 Pte James BECK, 22nd Battalion, killed in action in France, 29 March 1917; William H BECK

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