Regimental number | 269 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Normanville, South Australia |
School | Hahndorf College, South Australia |
Religion | Protestant |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | Echunga, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs H L Bigg, Echunga, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Field Company Engineers |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death | 29 |
Place of burial | Menin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row L. Grave No. 36), Ypres, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 23 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Richard and Harriet Louisa BIGG, Blackwood, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3688 Pte Lloyd Atkinson BIGG, 10th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 November 1916; 1419 Pte Alan Stuart BIGG, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 2 September 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |