Albert Whonam PIGDON

PIGDON, Albert Whonam

Service Number: 2696
Enlisted: 24 April 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Drysdale, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town: Queenscliff, Victoria
Schooling: Queenscliff State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 5 July 1918
Cemetery: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Plot III, Row D,, Grave No. 26,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Point Lonsdale State School No3322 Roll of Honor, Queenscliff Fire Brigade Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

24 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2696, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
18 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2696, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
18 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2696, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
3 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2696, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
12 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2696, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, Gassed near Ypres, Belgium
5 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2696, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Severe SW to chest received while in Somme region. Evacuated to 13th Aust Field Ambulance however died same day.

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Albert Pigdon is also remembered at:

Queenscliff Memorial Garden;

Queenscliff RSL Honor Roll;

St Georges C of E, Queenscliff, Vic; and 

Queenscliff Fire Brigade