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SIGGINS, Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 180 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Streaky Bay, South Australia, Australia, 16 March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 180, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 180, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 180, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Transfered between Schneidemuhl, Friedrichsfeld and Sennelager before release | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 180, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Henry Siggins was captured by German forces on the 20th of July 1916, at Fromelles, after which he was transferred between prison camps:
Transferred to Schneidemuhl (Piła), Poland on 2/9/1916
Transferred to Friedrichsfeld, Germany on 14/12/1916
Transferred to Sennelager, Germany on 15/5/17
During his stay in the Sennelager P.O.W camp he sent a letter out to London which read, “What L/Cpl. Thomas told you in regard to me was quite correct. I am certainly not at all strong. I am suffering from nervous debility and a very bad abdominal strain, but am afraid medicine won’t do me much good.”