DIGGELMAN, Eugene William
| Service Number: | 5563 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5563, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5563, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Eugene William Diggelman
EUGENE WILLIAM DIGGELMAN (1895-1960) born at Horsham VIC, son of August John and Louisa Fredrika Wilhelmina Diggelman nee Eltze. Eugene was working as a farmer at Ardlethan when he enlisted to serve in WW1 at Victoria Barracks on March 1st, 1916. Private 5563 was sent firstly to the 46th Battalion Depot Coy., at Cootamundra and then embarked from Sydney on the HMAT A14 Euripedes. And arrived in Plymouth on June 26th. After further training in England he was sent to Etaples in France on board the Golden Eagle on December 13th and was taken on strength on January 23rd, 1917. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on November 28th, 1917. He was badly wounded in the knee on August 10th, 1918 – for which he was forced to claim benefits for in 1960. He was returned to Sydney on the Orsova during March 3rd-May 1st, 1919 when he was discharged as medically unfit.
Submitted 15 June 2015 by Beryl Pittman