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Thomas Fergus Begg

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Fergus AWMM
  • Surname
    Begg AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    9230 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 July 1912 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Box 42, Clinton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr J Begg (father), 43 Ross Street, Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    9230 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Stock Agent/Civilian AWMM
    Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Thomas Begg was the son of James and Daisy Macgregor Reid Begg, of Dunedin, Otago AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXX. C. 2. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Thomas Fergus Begg was my uncle
    Public - jAMES FERGUS - Other relative - 27 April 2017
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27 April 2017jAMES FERGUS Millers FlatOther relative

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