His story
Lancelot D’Arcy Begg was born at Waverley in New South Wales and was associated with Hawkesbury Agricultural College before the war. He enlisted on 29 October 1914, joined the 1st Veterinary Section and embarked for overseas service aboard Ajana on 19 December. He died from appendicitis at the Citadel Hospital in Cairo on 11 March 1915, only a few months after leaving Australia.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Australian
- Place of birth
- Waverley, New South Wales
- Residence recorded
- Waverley, New South Wales (memorial hometown); father’s address at 6 Southhead Road
- Family
- Father George C. BEGG, “Winderemere”, 6 Southhead Road, Waverley, New South Wales (AIF transcription)
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- 45
- Corps or service
- Australian Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 1st Veterinary Section
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 11 March 1915
- Place of death
- Citadel Hospital, Cairo
- Recorded cause
- Appendicitis
- Cemetery or memorial
- Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Connected men
- Percy BOSWORTHAlso buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
- Robert William CLARKEAlso buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
- Francis Hubert DOYLEAlso buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
- William Labdon DAVEYAlso buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- UNSW AIF PROJECT — BEGG
- AUSTRALIAN VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Lancelot D'Arcy Begg”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/lancelot_d_arcy_begg/.
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