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Bertram BEGG

Regimental number2
Place of birthPeterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
SchoolGordon's College, Aberdeen, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBookkeeper
Addressc/o T W George, Graceville, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29.6
Height5' 6.5"
Weight138 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Begg, 14 Spring Bank Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 April 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/7/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row H, Grave No. 12A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
177
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Esson BEGG, 14 Springbank Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Date of death5 October 1917
SourcesNAA: B2455, BEGG Bertram

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