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BIGWOOD, Herbert Levi Joyce
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3354, V14360 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 28 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pulmonary Fibrosis, Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia, 4 October 1944, aged 54 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Burial reference: - Roman Catholic, Compartment A, Section 21, Grave 22. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3354, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3354, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement V14360 | |
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| 28 Sep 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V14360, 17th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Discharged as medically unfit diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis and Chronic Bronchitis. | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), V14360, Private-3 Garrison Brigade Australian Infantry |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Herbert Levi Joyce Bigwood's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 54 and served with 3 Garrison Brigade Australian Infantry.
He was accepted, after research, for commemoration as war dead on 25/08/2012.
Biography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Edwin and Bridget Ellen Bigwood (nee Keane).
Herbert never married when he died in 1944 he was interred with Mary Florence Griffin (nee Bigwood), his sister who died June 1969 and her husband Francis Parnell Griffin who died 1948.