KIGGINS, John Francis
| Service Number: | 17151 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia, June 1899 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Publisher |
| Died: | Pneumonia, France, 14 January 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Hautmont Communal Cemetery Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 17151, 11th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Driver, 17151, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Driver, 17151, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 15 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 21 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 17151, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , German Spring Offensive 1918, Gassed |
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From Marie Victorine, for my Australian friend Carol Sciberras, September 18, 2020
HAUTMONT Communal Cemetery
Driver John Francis KIGGINS – died January 14, 1919
John was born in Thirroul, NSW, he had six siblings.
Service No: 17151
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Australian Field Artillery, 8th Bde.
Son of Thomas and Dolly Kiggins, of 112, Australia St., Newtown, New South Wales.
John Francis KIGGINS served as a driver for 11 FAB (3rd reinforcements) He embarked Sidney on the HMAT Bordia on June 1916. Before enlistment J.F. Kiggins was 19 year old publisher from Newton NSW.
Whilst serving with 8FAB, J.F. Kiggins was wounded by a gas attack on 27 April 1918
Having survived many months of conflict on the Western front J.F. Kiggins died on 14 January 1919 of pneumonia whislt hospitalised at the 14th Casualty Clearing Station.
He is buried in Hautmont Communal Cemetery France. His elder Edward Leo Kiggings also served in 11FAB and managed to survive the war.
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