Son of Francis Evenson and Blanche Helena Beamish. New Zealand war correspondent. Wrote letter in 1940 to a Miss Montague regarding phones; signature had 2/Lt alongside. Lieutenant Beamish served with Machine-Gun Battalion in Middle East; official war correspondent, NZEF; later (as civilian) war correspondent for London Exchange Telegraph Agency. In 1944 he was wounded in Italy as correspondent for `Daily Sketch', London. (See photograph in World War II Official Album, 1227-1668 (PA1-q-296, p 66))
Beamish, Graham Evenson, 1906-1975
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World War, 1939-1945. Campaigns. Libya
Date: 1941-1943
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-073
Description: Some photographs include captions. Advance into Libya. Subjects include: Occupation of Capuzzo; Maori soldiers near Nofilia; church service on a beach; craft workshop (prisoners?); military cemetery; NZ convoy coming up Tobruk corridor; Maori Battalion on route march; NZers and Free French (Lorraine Bomber Squadron); at Bardia; dog `Fritz'; Major in charge of sappers with German Teller mines; RAF liason officer who was with NZers throughout Libyan campaign; Italian prisoners with their war wounded; G Beamish (NZ war correspondent) and Lt Geoffrey Cox at Sollum Hellfire Pass signpost. Various photos of Maori Battalion including group photo of the rugby team which defeated the Div. Sigs. in the final of the NZ Divisional Rugby Championship in Tripoli (all named) Quantity: 104 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Correspondence - Shockman-Young
Date: [1940]
From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1785-208
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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New Zealand war correspondent G E Beamish in the Libyan desert during World War 2
Date: [ca 3 Dec 1941]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-02203-F
Description: New Zealand war correspondent G E Beamish preparing a despatch in the Libyan desert during World War 2. Shows a man working on a typewriter. Photograph taken circa 3 December 1941. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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New Zealand Newspapers Ltd :Auckland Star. Some members of the literary and illustratio...
Date: 1939-1945
By: New Zealand Newspapers Ltd
Reference: PAColl-D-0395
Description: 12 portraits of Auckland Star staff who served overseas during World War II. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - above image - Title Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.