SIGG, Donald Bain
| Service Number: | 31199 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1946 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Warrnambool |
| Born: | Swan Hill, Victoria, 27 May 1928 |
| Home Town: | Point Lonsdale, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Injuries due to mine explosion, Cairns Hospital, Queensland, Cockburn Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, 17 September 1947, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairns War Cemetery, Queensland Plot B, Row A, Grave 6, Cairns Cemetery, Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cardwell HMAS Warrnambool Memorial Plaque |
Peacekeeping Service
| 3 Jun 1946: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 31199, HMAS Warrnambool | |
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| 14 Sep 1947: | Involvement Able Seaman, 31199 | |
| 17 Sep 1947: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 31199, HMAS Warrnambool, Bomb & mine clearance North Queensland Coast |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Donald Bain SIGG was born on 27th May, 1928 in Swan Hill, Victoria
His parents were Fredolin Peter SIGG and Elsie Camellia MATTHEWS who married in Victoria in 1911
He enlisted with the Royal Australian Navy & commenced duty on 3rd June 1946 and was involved with bomb & mine clearance in the North Queensland Coast on the ship HMAT Warrnambool
Donald died on 17th September, 1947 at Cairns Hospital due to injuries sustained at Cockburn Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland when the ship hit a mine
He is buried in Cairns War Cemetery, Plot B, Row A, Grave 6
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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Argus, Melbourne 18th September 1947, page 1
ANOTHER MINE VICTIM DIES
BRISBANE.
Able Seaman D.B. Sigg, aged 19 of Point Lonsdale, Victoria,who was seriously injured when HMAT Warrnambool struck a mine on Saturday, died in Cairns Hospital tonight without regaining consciousness
Cairns Red Cross had made arrangements for his fiancee, Miss Elaine Bell, to fly from Victoria to Cairns to see him.
The death toll in the tragedy is now three and another man is missing, believed killed.
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