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Edward Henry BIGGEN

Regimental number27
Place of birthCollingwood, Victoria
SchoolVere Street State School, Collingwood, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressEast Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Edgar Henry Biggen, 1 McDougall Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 60th Cadets, Brunswick, Victoria.
Enlistment date22 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateDied as a result of accident 24 February 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Edgar Henry
Place of death or woundingHill 63, Ploegsteert, Messines, Belgium
Date of death24 February 1918
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Rosenberg Plateau Plots) (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 28), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edgar Henry and Louise BIGGEN, 5 Watson Street, West Brunswick, Victoria. Born at Collingwood, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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