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RIGG, Charles Andrew
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2573 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sunbury, Hume, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 1 June 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row M, Grave No. 121 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sunbury War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2573, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2573, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Charles Andrew RIGG was born in Sunbury and went to the Sunbury State School.
He was working as a farm labourer when he joined the AIF on 4/10/1915. His next of kin was his Mother, Mrs Emily Rigg of O'Shannassy Street Sunbury. Charles was 28 years old.
He left Melbourne on 14/3/1916 travelling on the HMAT Anchises and arrived in Egypt on 10/4/1916.
He was admitted to the 3rd Australian General Hospital in Cairo on 25/5/1916 suffering tonsillitis and diphtheria and died on 1/6/16 at 12.15pm of uraemic convulsions.
He was buried the same day at the Cairo War Cemetery.