BEGGS, Cromwell Laurence
| Service Number: | 3024 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1915, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Balwyn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Heidelberg, Victoria, November 1959 |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Presbyterian, Compartment O, Section 8, Grave 30 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3024, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3024, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3024, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 10 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Divisional Signal Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cromwell Laurence BEGGS was born in Moonee Ponds, Victoria in 1895
His parents were William John BEGGS & Emily Giles LAURENCE
He had previous service in the 48th Infantry Battalion (2 years) before he enlisted in Melbourne on 9th July, 1915 & embarked with the 24th Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements on the HMAT Commonwealth from Melbourne on 26th November, 1915 to serve in WW1
He was transferred to the 1st Divisional Signal Company on 10th August, 1916 & returned to Australia on the ship Nestor on 15th December, 1919
He married Alison Semple WILSON in Victoria
Cromwell died in Heidelberg in Victoria in November, 1959 and is buried in the Springvale Botanical Cemetery
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