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Flight Sub-Lieutenant Andrew Gordon Beattie

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1897-03-25
Place of birth: Mandaumin Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Jeannette Beattie, Mother, Mandaumin, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Mandaumin, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 490904
Highest Rank: Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Rank detail
  1. Lieutenant (Army).
  2. Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Royal Navy). 1917-03-14 ?
  3. Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Interned as POW at: Landshut
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Shot down 03 January 1918 by Hans Oberlander.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 31173
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0545-S033
Uploader's Notes:

Prior service noted on this attestation:

27th Regiment for 8 months (Lieutenant).149th Battalion for 3 months (Lieutenant).

See attached letter regarding Lt. Beattie's escape when a POW.

Uploader's Research notes: See "Collishaw & Company / Canadians in the Royal Naval Air Service" by J. Allan Snowie (Nieuport Publishing Inc., 2010), pg. 122, for information about Flight Sub-Lieut. Beattie. [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 149th Battalion Not Specified Army Canadian Infantry 6th University Company Flight Sub-Lieutenant Navy Royal Naval Air Service No. 10 Naval Squadron ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2013-06-06
Last modified: 2013-06-07