Cromwell Laurence BEGGS

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BEGGS, Cromwell Laurence

Service Number:	3024
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:

9 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3024, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
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

Biography 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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