Ivan George BECKWITH
Service Numbers: 407095, NX10697
Enlisted: 27 May 1940, Adelaide
Last Rank: Gunner
Born: Wallaroo, SA, 31 May 1916
Home Town: Joslin, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Died: Daw Park, SA, 3 March 1965, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Memorials: Parndana Kangaroo Island Ex-Servicemen Land Settlers 1939-1945 Roll
27 May 1940: Involvement SN 407095
27 May 1940: Enlisted Adelaide
23 Mar 1941: Discharged
16 May 1941: Involvement Gunner, SN NX10697
16 May 1941: Enlisted Paddington, NSW
11 Apr 1946: Discharged
Item details for: A9301, 407095
Item details for: B883, NX10697
National Archives Australia
Mr and Mrs. G. W. Beckwith, of First avenue, Joslin, have been advised that their son, Gunner Ivan George Beckwith, previously reported missing, is now a prisoner of war. They last heard from him from Singapore 20 months ago. News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), Tuesday 14 September 1943, page 3 WAR CAPTIVES (1943, September 14). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), p. 3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127317345
Family
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Birth
Given Name(s): Ivan George
Last Name: BECKWITH
Birth Date: 1916, May 31
Gender: M
Father: George William BECKWITH
Mother: Emily LORD
Birth Place/Residence: Wallaroo
District: Daly
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Book/Page: 981/312
Death
Given Name(s): Ivan George
Last Name: BECKWITH
Death Date: 03 Mar 1965
Gender: M
Age: 48y
Approx. Birth Year: 1917
Marital Status: M
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Relative 2:
Residence: Karatta KI
Death Place: Daw Park
District: Adelaide
Symbol: H
Book/Page: 987/1289
Wife's Death
Given Name(s): Marion Ruth
Surname: BECKWITH
Death Date: 1974, August 12
Age:
Publication Date: 1974, August 16
Publication: Advertiser
Marriage
23 Feb 1950 HARRIS—BECKWITH.—Marion Ruth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Harris, of Penong, will wed Ivan G. Beckwith, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Beckwith, of Joslin, in St. Augustine's Church, Unley, at 6.30 p.m., on February 23. Family Notices (1950, February 15). West Coast Sentinel (Streaky Bay, SA : 1912 - 1954), p. 10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167841855
Ruth Beckwith was a nurse and helped a lot of people in the Karatta area. - Meredith Anne Fogerty.
Ivan George / Marion Ruth BECKWITH 407095, NX10697. POW RAAF then 2/15th Field Rgt Wallaroo 31 May 1916 / St Peters Daw Park / 3 Mar 1965 McDonald 9