William James BIGLANDS

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BIGLANDS, William James

Service Number:	4735
Enlisted:	1 November 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hamley, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 30 June 1892
Home Town:	Exeter, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 27 September 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kilburn Islington Railway Workshops Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

1 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4735, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide
9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4735, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4735, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide
16 Oct 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4735, 50th Infantry Battalion, Shell wounds to the arm and leg
27 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 4735, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4735 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-27

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Biglands and Elizabeth (nee Buckingham) Bigland; brother of Alice Evaline Biglands, and Alexander Clarence Biglands

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was a cousin of Private John Robert Biglands, Service Number 2240, 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. who died in service in England on 01/02/1917. John was 29 and the son of George and Margaret Biglands; husband of Christina Florence Bigland, of Montpelier Square, Portland, South Australia.

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