Edward James BIGGS

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BIGGS, Edward James

Service Number:	2112
Enlisted:	8 March 1915, Tarnagulla, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bungaree, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Tarnagulla, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 31, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tarnagulla Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2112, 6th Infantry Battalion, Tarnagulla, Vic.
17 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2112, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2112, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2112, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Pte 2112 Edward James Biggs was killed in action on 7 August 1915 during the attack on Turkish positions at German Officer's Trench. He had only landed at Gallipoli the day before he died, 6 August 1915.

Source: Gallipoli Heroes, p.14

Listed on Tarnagulla War Memorial, Tarnagulla, Victoria.

Brothers:

928 Trooper Henry Biggs, 4th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action, 2 May 1918, in Palestine.

244 L Cpl Richard Biggs, Imperial Camel Corps, killed in action, 19 April 1917, at Gaza.

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