Military service
Service number:
F/51953
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
January 31, 1924
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
February 2, 1943
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
August 27, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. J. 18.
Additional information
Son of Frederick and Victoria Beattie of Bridgetown, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private Earl Frederick Beattie
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Photo of Earle Beattie
He served in Scout platoon , RCR , he was killed by German armour / machine gun fire will performing a flanking manoeuvre and trying to save other members of his platoon that were pinned down by another machine gun. -
Medals
Earls medals earned in WW2 -
Newspaper Clipping
A newspaper obituary article from Nova Scotia where he was born and raised. -
Newspaper Clipping
A newspaper obituary article from Nova Scotia where he was born and raised. -
Newspaper Clipping
A newspaper obituary article from Nova Scotia where he was born and raised. -
Final resting place of Pte Earle Beattie
Earle Beattie's marker in the Montecchio War Cemetery in Italy -
Grave marker of Earl Beattie
Submitted by the son of Edwin Horton who was a High School chum of Earle and wrote to Mr and Mrs Beattie about their son's death
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Frederick Beattie
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Frederick Beattie
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Frederick Beattie
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Frederick Beattie
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Frederick Beattie
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Frederick Beattie
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Frederick Beattie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 245 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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