WIGGER, Robert Branton
Service Number: | 283 |
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Enlisted: | 26 January 1915, Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia. |
Occupation: | Baker |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 5 August 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette Plot I, Row G, Grave 10 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
26 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 283, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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9 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 283, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hobart embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
9 Jul 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 283, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hobart A37, Melbourne | |
5 Aug 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 283, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 283 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Robert Branton WIGGER was born in Queenscliff, Victoria in 1888
His parents were Charles William WIGGER & Eliza BRANTON who married in Victoria in 1884
He died of wounds on 5th August, 1918
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Two of his brothers also died during WW1
1. Charles Hugh Llewellyn WIGGER (SN645) - Killed in Action 25th April, 1915
2. Reginald Charles WIGGER (SN646) - Killed in Action 8th May 1915
On Roberts headstone is a message from their Mother
"Also in memory of Reg & Charles, Killed in Action at Gallipoli - my all"