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BIGGS, Robert Arthur

Service Number:	NX86156
Enlisted:	27 January 1942, Paddington New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1923
Home Town:	Woy Woy, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Assistant Storeman
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 15 July 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot MM. Row D. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVING, TRUE AND KIND, YOUR MEMORIES LEFT BEHIND".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Woy Woy War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX86156
27 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Paddington New South Wales
27 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX86156
3 Sep 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

2/5 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Thomas Jervis Biggs and Gertrude Biggs, of Burwood, New South Wale