Lieutenant John Maxwell Beckett
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Beckett,
John Maxwell
Date of birth: 1888-03-02
Place of birth: Sherbrooke Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Wife: Elizabeth Beckett, 663 Mulvey Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Agent
Address:
663 Mulvey Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-10-21
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
White House Cemetery, III. F. 7.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army). 1917-08-07 to 1917-10-21
- Lieutenant (Army). 1916-09-02 to 1917-08-07
- Lieutenant (Army). 1916-07-13 to 1916-09-02
- Lieutenant (Army). 1916-02-21 to 1916-07-13
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Passchendaele
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 454348
LAC ID:
33378
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B0575-S038
Uploader's Notes: Son of E. W. and Mary Beckett of Haney, British Columbia; husband of Elizabeth Beckett of 663 Mulvey Avenue, Winnipeg.
Uploader's Research notes:
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
Source: LAC file. War Diary References: 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company August 12 & October 21, 1917
[Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 101st Battalion B Company Appointed Lieutenant to the 101st Battalion, posted as CO of 7th Platoon, B Company. Sailed with 101st Battalion aboard SS Olympic from Halifax to Liverpool, June 28 to July 06, 1916. Posted to East Sandling Camp, Shorncliffe, on arrival. Lieutenant Army Canadian Engineers Canadian Engineer Training Depot Signal Company Appointed Signals Officer with CETD. Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 17th Reserve Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Engineers 3rd Divisional Signals Company Posted on August 07, 1917 and proceeded to France. Reported to his new unit in the field on August 12, (War Diary reference). Killed in action by an aerial bomb near Castre, Belgium on October 21, 1917, (War Diary reference). ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-03-27