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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Melbourne
• Land Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Melbourne
• Family Son of Albert and Evelyn Beaver, of London County and Westminster Bank, Bayswater, London, England
• Education Scotch College Melbourne; Melbourne university (law student)
• Profession Resident Magistrate in British New Guinea
• Extra info Did much exploration in British New Guinea; his book 'Unexplored New Guinea' was published after his death, about "the author's experiences amongst the head-hunting savages and cannibals of the unexplored interior of New Guinea";

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 1 May 1916
• Rank Lieutenant
• Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 60th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Was commissioned Officer with the armed constabulary of Papua; applied for a commission in the 60th Bn. on 27 December 1915; 2nd Lieutenant on 1 March 1916; emarbakation 1 August 1916, Melbourne; to France November 1916; promoted Lieutenant 1 March 1917; suffered from malaria; rejoined his Bn. in France in June 1917

Death

• Wounded 26 September 1917; wounded in action; gunshot wounds abdomen; Polygon Wood
• Type of wounds Died of wounds in n°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 35
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIII - C - 12

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