PIGGOTT, George
| Service Number: | 643 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goornong, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Goornong, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - G.S.W. Legs & left Hand, King George Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom, 10 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot XI, Row F, Grave No. 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Goornong District Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 643, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 643, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 643, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 27 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 643, 38th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW both legs/thighs and face sustained during a trench raid at Bois Grenier. Evacuated to King George Hospital, London, UK where he died of his wounds on 10 March 1917. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 10th March …… George Piggott was born at Goornong, Victoria in 1883 to parents George James & Elizabeth Piggott (nee Hepworth).
George James Piggott, father of George Piggott, died on 24th November, 1909 at Goornong, Victoria.
George Piggott married Elenor (Helen) Hinch in Victoria in 1910.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 24th February, 1916 as a 32 year old, married, Farmer from Goornong, Victoria.
[His brother - John James Piggott, 30 year old, married, Farmer from Goornong, Victoria enlisted on 21st February, 1916 & was issued a Service number of 644.]
Private George Piggott, Service number 643, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Runic (A54) on 20th June, 1916 with the 10th Infantry Brigade, 38th Infantry Battalion “B” Company & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 10th August, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 22nd November, 1916 Private Piggott proceeded overseas to France.
Private George Piggott was wounded in action on 27th February, 1917. He was admitted to 10th Australian Field Ambulance on 27th February, 1917 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to left Tibia, both Legs, left Thigh, Face & abrasions to Face. Private Piggott was transferred to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station the same day. He was transferred to No. 10 Ambulance Train on 2nd March, 1917 & was admitted to 8th Stationary Hospital at Wimereux, France on 7th March, 1917. Private Piggott was transferred to Boulogne, France on 8th March, 1917 & embarked on Hospital Ship St Denis for England on the same day with G.S.W. Leg & Face.
Base Records advised Mrs H. Piggott, Goornong, Victoria, wife of Private G. Piggott, on 6th March, 1917 that Private George Piggott had been admitted to Hospital on 27th February with gunshot wound to Legs & Hand & his condition was dangerous.
He was admitted to The King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London, England on 8th March, 1917 with G.S.W. to both Legs (serious).
Private George Piggott died at 1.45 pm on 10th March, 1917 at The King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London, England from wounds received in action in France - G.S.W. Legs & left Hand.
He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England where around 360 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/mor---p.html
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