BEGGS, Norman Francis Henry
| Service Number: | 37533 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1917, 4 years cadets |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 2 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Glenthompson, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong Church of England Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Jackeroo |
| Died: | Influenza - Bronchitis, Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 24 January 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England 319 D. 9, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Penshurst War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 37533, Field Artillery Brigades, 4 years cadets | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 37533, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 37533, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 24 Jan 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 37533, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 37533 awm_unit: Details Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-01-24 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 24th January.... Norman Francis Henry Beggs was born at Ballarat, Victoria in 1898. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 2nd February, 1917 as an 18 year old, single, Jackaroo from Nareeb-Nareeb, Glen Thompson, Victoria.
Gunner Norman Francis Henry Beggs embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Port Sydney (A15) on 9th November, 1917 with the Field Artillery, 30th Reinforcements & disembarked at Suez on 12th December, 1917. Gunner Beggs embarked from Alexandria aboard HMT Karoa on 18th December, 1917 & disembarked at Taranto on 22nd December, 1917 before finally disembarking at Southampton, England on 4th January, 1918.
Gunner Beggs was marched in from Australia to R.B.A.A. (Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery) at Heytesbury, Wiltshire on 4th January, 1918. He was admitted to Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 17th January, 1918 with Influenza.
Gunner Norman Francis Henry Beggs died on 24th January, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny of Bronchitis – acute purulent. He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers & 2 Australian Nurses are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/sutton-veny-a---b.html
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