Reginald Charles WIGGER

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WIGGER, Reginald Charles

Service Number:	646
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	State School Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey. Name listed on Panel 201 to 204 or 332.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Maryborough War Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 646, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 646, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 646, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles William Wigger and Eliza Wigger nee Branston of 5 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria.

Brother of Martha Ann Wigger, Ellen Mabel Wigger, Charles Hugh Llewellyn Wigger who was killed in action on 25 April 1915 while serving with the 6th Battalion and has no known grave. Name appears on the Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 27, Mavis Wigger and Robert Branton Wigger who died of wounds on 5 August 1918 while serving with the 22nd Battalion. Robert is buried in the Beacon Cemetery, Sailly Laurette, Plot 1, Row G, Grave 10

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

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