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Robert Branbin WIGGER

Regimental number283
Place of birthQueenscliff Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBaker
Address5 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Eliza A Wiffer, 5 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria
Enlistment date26 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 August 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Branbin spelt Branton
Place of burialBeacon Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave 10), Sailly-Laurette, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Eliza A WIGGER
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 645 Pte Charles Hugh Llewellyn WIGGER, 6th Bn, killed in action, 25 April 1915; 646 Pte Reginald Charles WIGGER, 6th Bn, killed in action, 8 May 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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