William Thomas RIGBY

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RIGBY, William Thomas

Service Number:	1078
Enlisted:	16 September 1914, An original of G Company
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cornwall, Tasmania, Australia, 27 August 1893
Home Town:	Fingal, Break O'Day, Tasmania
Schooling:	Cornwall State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 9 August 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cullenswood Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Waratah Roll of Honor 1918

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1078, 15th Infantry Battalion, An original of G Company
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1078, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1078, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1078, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1078 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-09

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

William’s father had died the year he was born. His mother Elizabeth Jane had remarried a J.J. Benneworth when he was four years of age. His mother was living in Launceston, Tasmania after the war. William Rigby was a coal miner at Cornwall, Tasmania when he enlisted in late 1914.

His older brother, 1636 Pte. Norman Walter Rigby 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, died of wounds near Pozieres on 24 July 1916, aged 26.

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