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Robert Leith Begg

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Ex-Service Bronze Memorial Plaque, Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin (photo 2012) - This image may be subject to copyright

Ex-Service Bronze Memorial Plaque, Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin (photo 2012) - This image may be …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Leith AWMM
  • Surname
    Begg AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ391951 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 April 1913 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Company director/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Constance Irene Begg

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information from the headstone AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    • 14 March 1985 AWMM
      Age 68 AWMM
      Dunedin, Otago AWMM
    • 14 March 1985 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 71 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Ashes Block 1A Plot 7 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Miss you everyday..you were the best
    Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 25 April 2020
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  • Still miss you Grandad
    Public - Janette - Direct descendant - 12 October 2018
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25 April 2020TaniaDunedinDirect descendant
12 October 2018JanetteDunedin, NZDirect descendant

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