RIGG, Herbert William
| Service Number: | 15977 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 4 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Guildford, Swan, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Apprentice Carpenter |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 1 August 1960, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Harvey & Wokalup Roll of Honour Board 2, Harvey Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15977, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 15977, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 15977, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
| 14 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, France | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Field Ambulance, France | |
| 21 Jun 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 15977, 8th Field Ambulance, per HT Konigen Luise | |
| 10 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 15977, 8th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Herbert was the eldest of seven children of Herbert William Rigg Snr (born 1870 in England) and Marjorie Migro (born 1873 in Wallan, Victoria). Herbert Snr and Marjorie married in 1895 at Ararat in Victoria, and relocated to Western Australia, settling at Wokalup where Herbert Snr was a Laboure before becoming a Settler/Farmer.
Herbert Jnr was sixteen years of age when he took an apprenticeship with the WA Government Railways in 1912 and relocated to East Midland where he was an Apprentice Carpenter at the Railway Workshops. In 1916 he enlisted with the AIF and served as a Private (Service No:15977) with Army Medical Corps, 3rd Australian General Hospital and 8 Field Ambulance. He was Discharged in September 1919. Brother Augustus (Service No:752) and Brothers-in-Law Philip Hardy (Service No:4344), Leo Hardy (Service No:4030) and Basil Hardy (Service No:2669A) also served in WWI, and nephew Joseph Basil Hardy (Service Nos:WX27095/W80330) served in WWII.
Returning to Perth, WA and work as a Carpenter, Herbert married Bertha Mary Hardy (born 1894 in Fremantle, WA) in 1922 in Perth - Bertha had worked as a Clerk. Herbert and Bertha lived at Maylands and Balkatta before settling in Mount Hawthorne, and Herbert worked as a Carpenter until his Death in 1960. Bertha died in 1957.