Aubrey Wilfred BIGGS

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BIGGS, Aubrey Wilfred

Service Number:	1395
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1)
Born:	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand working in Rockhampton Queensland
Died:	Auckland, New Zealand, 25 June 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium, Auckland, New Zealand Cremated remains scattered at cemetery
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World War 1 Service

4 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1395, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1395, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), HMAT Mashobra, Sydney
8 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), 11th Reinforcement

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Biography contributed by Hamilton Walker

Aubrey Wilfred Biggs married Judith Henry McConnel in Queensland on 22 Apr 1920 who was from Cressbrook Homestead via Toogoolawah Queensland. McConnel family pioneered Somerset Region in 1841. Judith Henry (McConnel) Biggs was youngest daughter of James Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Kent) McConnel son of David Cannon and Mary Rose (MacLeod) McConnel the founders of Cressbrook Homestead.

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