BEGG, Lancelot Darcy
| Service Number: | 45 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Veterinary Section |
| Born: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 16 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Appendicitis, Egypt, 11 March 1915, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 45, 1st Veterinary Section | |
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| 19 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 45, 1st Veterinary Section, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 45, 1st Veterinary Section, HMAT Ajana, Sydney | |
| 11 Mar 1915: | Involvement Private, 45, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 45 awm_unit: 1st Australian Veterinary Section awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-03-11 |
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Lancelot D'Arcy BEGG was born in 1897 in Waverley, NSW His parents were George Cunningham BEGG and Marion HUGHES S/N 45 Unit 1st Veterinary Section - Rank - Private Enlisted 29.10.1914 Lancelot died of appendicitis on 11th March 1915 Buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Link to photo of his headstone http://www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=1818204 Article from Trove Newspaper site DEATHS OF AUSTRALIANS. Melbourne, March 19. The Defence Department is advised of the death at the Citadel Hospital, Egypt, from appendicitis of Lancelot Darcy Begg, on 11th March, 1915 1st Veterinary Section. His relatives reside in Sydney.
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