Detail victim

Name BEAVER
Initials WN
First name WILFRED NORMAN
Place of birth Melbourne
Country 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";

Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 1 May 1916
Rank Lieutenant
Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment and unit 60th Bn. Australian Infantry
Division - Brigade 15th Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 5th Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
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

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