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| first_name = Wilfred
| name = Beaver
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| image = File:Beaver,_Wilfred.jpg
| birth_date = 1882
| death_date = 1917
| address = Port Moresby, Papua
| occupation =
| elected_ESL =
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| elected_AI = 1913
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== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
=== House Notes ===
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
· NameBEAVER <br />· InitialsWN <br />· First name WILFRED NORMAN <br />· Place of birthMelbourne <br />· CountryVictoria, Australia <br />· Last residenceMelbourne <br />· FamilySon of Albert and Evelyn Beaver, of London County and Westminster Bank, Bayswater, London, England <br />· EducationScotch College Melbourne; Melbourne university (law student) <br />· ProfessionResident Magistrate in British New Guinea <br />· Extra infoDid much exploration in British New Guinea; his book 'Unexplored New Guinea' was published after his death, about "the author's experiences amongst the head-hunting savages and cannibals of the unexplored interior of New Guinea"; <br />Military service<br />· Place & date of enlistmentEnlisted 1 May 1916 <br />· RankLieutenant <br />· MedalsBritish War Medal, Victory Medal <br />· Regiment and unit 60th Bn. Australian Infantry <br />· Division - Brigade15th Brigade <br />· Army - Corps - Division5th Australian Division <br />· National forceA.I.F. <br />· Other data related to military careerWas commissioned Officer with the armed constabulary of Papua; applied for a commission in the 60th Bn. on 27 December 1915; 2nd Lieutenant on 1 March 1916; emarbakation 1 August 1916, Melbourne; to France November 1916; promoted Lieutenant 1 March 1917; suffered from malaria; rejoined his Bn. in France in June 1917 <br />Death<br />· Wounded26 September 1917; wounded in action; gunshot wounds abdomen; Polygon Wood <br />· Type of woundsDied of wounds in n°17 CCS <br />· Date of death26 September 1917 <br />· Died at the age of35 <br />· Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIII - C - 12 <br />
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
Unexplored New Guinea : a record of the travels, adventures, and experiences of a resident magistrate amongst the head-hunting savages and cannibals of the unexplored interior of New Guinea / by Wilfred N. Beaver ; with an introd. by A. C. Haddon <br /><br />A description of the Girara District, Western Papua / by W.N.Beaver <br /><br />Ankoku Nyūginia no shinsō / Wirufreddo Bīua gencho Kamimura Kōzō yaku <br />Beaver, Wilfred N., 1882-1917 <br /><br />Notes on the initiation ceremonies of the Koko, Papua / by E.W.P. Chinnery and W.N. Beaver <br />Chinnery, E. W. Pearson (Ernest William Pearson), 1887-1972 <br /><br />Language groups, Mambare and Kumusi divisions, Papua / W. Beaver, E.W.P. Chinnery <br />Australia. Department of External Affairs <br /><br />Sketch of Mambare Division, shewing migrations of principal tribes / W. Beaver, E.W.P. Chinnery <br /><br />
=== House Publications ===
== Related Material Details ==
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=== Other Material ===
| first_name = Wilfred
| name = Beaver
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix =
| image = File:Beaver,_Wilfred.jpg
| birth_date = 1882
| death_date = 1917
| address = Port Moresby, Papua
| occupation =
| elected_ESL =
| elected_ASL =
| elected_AI = 1913
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ordinary fellow
| left =
| clubs =
| societies =
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
=== House Notes ===
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
· NameBEAVER <br />· InitialsWN <br />· First name WILFRED NORMAN <br />· Place of birthMelbourne <br />· CountryVictoria, Australia <br />· Last residenceMelbourne <br />· FamilySon of Albert and Evelyn Beaver, of London County and Westminster Bank, Bayswater, London, England <br />· EducationScotch College Melbourne; Melbourne university (law student) <br />· ProfessionResident Magistrate in British New Guinea <br />· Extra infoDid much exploration in British New Guinea; his book 'Unexplored New Guinea' was published after his death, about "the author's experiences amongst the head-hunting savages and cannibals of the unexplored interior of New Guinea"; <br />Military service<br />· Place & date of enlistmentEnlisted 1 May 1916 <br />· RankLieutenant <br />· MedalsBritish War Medal, Victory Medal <br />· Regiment and unit 60th Bn. Australian Infantry <br />· Division - Brigade15th Brigade <br />· Army - Corps - Division5th Australian Division <br />· National forceA.I.F. <br />· Other data related to military careerWas commissioned Officer with the armed constabulary of Papua; applied for a commission in the 60th Bn. on 27 December 1915; 2nd Lieutenant on 1 March 1916; emarbakation 1 August 1916, Melbourne; to France November 1916; promoted Lieutenant 1 March 1917; suffered from malaria; rejoined his Bn. in France in June 1917 <br />Death<br />· Wounded26 September 1917; wounded in action; gunshot wounds abdomen; Polygon Wood <br />· Type of woundsDied of wounds in n°17 CCS <br />· Date of death26 September 1917 <br />· Died at the age of35 <br />· Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIII - C - 12 <br />
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
Unexplored New Guinea : a record of the travels, adventures, and experiences of a resident magistrate amongst the head-hunting savages and cannibals of the unexplored interior of New Guinea / by Wilfred N. Beaver ; with an introd. by A. C. Haddon <br /><br />A description of the Girara District, Western Papua / by W.N.Beaver <br /><br />Ankoku Nyūginia no shinsō / Wirufreddo Bīua gencho Kamimura Kōzō yaku <br />Beaver, Wilfred N., 1882-1917 <br /><br />Notes on the initiation ceremonies of the Koko, Papua / by E.W.P. Chinnery and W.N. Beaver <br />Chinnery, E. W. Pearson (Ernest William Pearson), 1887-1972 <br /><br />Language groups, Mambare and Kumusi divisions, Papua / W. Beaver, E.W.P. Chinnery <br />Australia. Department of External Affairs <br /><br />Sketch of Mambare Division, shewing migrations of principal tribes / W. Beaver, E.W.P. Chinnery <br /><br />
=== House Publications ===
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===