Ernest Sidney DIGGENS

Regimental number6307
Place of birthLondon England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMount Gravatt near Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Diggens, Mount Gravatt near Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date6 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of disease 29 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialAssevillers New british Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Lawford and Annie DIGGENS, Tannymorel, Queensland. Native of England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal