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Albert Whonam PIGDON

Regimental number2696
Place of birthGeelong Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressLearmonth Street, Queenscliff, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Pigdon, Learmonth Street, Queenscliff, Victoria
Previous military service69th Infantry
Enlistment date25 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 18 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D,, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Ellen PIGDON, Learmouth Street, Queenscliff, Victoria

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