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Clifford Miner BIGELOW

Regimental number1622
Place of birthNew Zealand
SchoolRichmond State School, Vicoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Address14 Albion Street, South Yarra, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elsie Bigelow, 14 Albion Street, South Yarra, Victoria
Enlistment date1 February 1916
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name59th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/76/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of acute bronchitis, at Rouen, France.
FateDied of disease 18 December 1916
Date of death18 December 1916
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O. Plot III, Row J, Grave No. 10), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Swan Hill Cemetery, Victoria. Photo: Kent Fedorowich. Parents: James Amasa and Agnes BIGELOW, hunband of Elsie BIGELOW, The Post Office, Swan Hill, Victoria. Native of Newcastle, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsNephew: 3393 Pte Herbert Sinclair BAINBRIDGE MM, 48th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 December 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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