BIGNELL, Sydney Kingston
| Service Number: | 3526 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Upper Coomera, Queensland, Australia, 13 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Upper Coomera, Gold Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Maudsland, Upper Coomera |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bouzencourt, Somme, France, 10 April 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Plot III, Row S, Grave 17 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Upper Coomera Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3526, 31st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3526, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3526, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane |
Logan Village Museum
Sydney was born 14th December 1918 Coomera in Queensland.
He died 10th April 1918 in France and is buried in the Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux cemetery.
His parents were Samuel Stanley and Mary Ann nee Levey
Sydney is remembered in the Logan Village Museum Roll as he is a descendant of the Tamborine Pioneer families.
Submitted 23 April 2018 by Coralyn Cowin
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Sydney Kingston BIGNELL was born in Upper Coomera, Queensland on 14th December, 1892
His parents were Samuel BIGNELL & Mary Ann LEVEY who married in Dungog, NSW on 23rd April, 1861
He enlisted in Brisbane on 4th January, 1916 and embarked with the 31st Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements on the HMAT Boorara on 16th August, 1916
Sydney was Killed in Action in France on 10th April, 1918 & is buried in the Adelaide Cemetery in Villers Bretonneux
IN MEMORY
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