Albert Whonam PIGDON

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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, Queenscliff St. George's Anglican Church Roll of Honour

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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Albert Pigdon is also remembered at:

Queenscliff Memorial Garden;

Queenscliff RSL Honor Roll;

St Georges C of E, Queenscliff, Vic; and

Queenscliff Fire Brigade