Robert Branton WIGGER

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Service Number:	283
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
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 5 August 1918
Cemetery:	Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette Plot I, Row G, Grave 10 , Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Bray-sur-Somme, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough War Memorial

26 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 283, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
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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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"