BEGG, Rosa Marion Elsie
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1884 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1967, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Ficus Garden 6 Section N Niche 25 |
| Memorials: | Kew War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Staff Nurse |
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Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1884 in Port Melbourne, Vic.
Daughter of Thomas Duncan BEGG and Julia nee ROSEL
Of 'Sunnyside' Molesworth St., Kew, Vic.
Trained at Children's Hospital
Enlisted 12 June 1915
Aged 29 years
Embarked 17 June 1915 in Melbourne, Vic.
Resigned appointment due to marriage in UK 13 April 1916
Married in Abassia to Captain Bertrand COMBES
Rosa died 30 May 1967 in Vic.
Aged 82 years
Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery Ficus Garden 6 Section N Niche 25
A real live hero and heroine are the principals in the latest war romance. Miss Rosa Begg, the hand-some girl who bravely went to the assistance of Mr. Geoffrey Syme (one of the "Age" proprietors) in an encounter with an armed burglar at Kew three years ago, has, as might have been expected, given her heart and hand to a soldier. She has been married to an Anzac hero, Captain Bertram Combes, of the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade Staff. Miss Begg was one of the first of many Melbourne girls to volunteer their services as a nurse when war broke out, and at an early stage in the proceedings joined the Army Nursing Staff and went to Egypt. She shared the devoted labours of our nurses till late last year, when her health broke down and she was sent to Alexandria to recuperate. Captain Combes, who was wounded on Gallipoli, was, after treatment in hospital, also ordered to Alexandria to complete his recovery. They met, and Cupid did the rest. The marriage was solemnised at the garrison chapel, Abassia, the bride being given away by Miss Conyers, head of the Australian 'nursing staff in Egypt. Captain Combes was almost immediately ordered to England with a detachment and is now at the front in France. The bride has also gone onto England, and will stay with her sister, Mrs. Fleming, whose husband is serving on the British medical staff.
Border Watch Saturday 12 August 1916 page 5