Arthur Charles RIGGS

Regimental number1667
Place of birthHamilton On Forth Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressHamilton on Forth, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Chas Riggs, Hamilton on Forth, Tasmania
Enlistment date5 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1916
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
77
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: charles and Ellen RIGGS, Hamilton-on-Forth, Tasmania