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Reginald Charles WIGGER

Regimental number646
Place of birthQueenscliff Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address5 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMrs Wigger, 5 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHelles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
48
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; 283 Sergeant Robert Branbin WIGGER, 22nd Bn, died of wounds, 5 August 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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