Harry William BIGGS

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BIGGS, Harry William

Service Number:	QX11228
Enlisted:	3 July 1940, Miowera, Qld.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia, 6 January 1920
Home Town:	Proserpine, Whitsunday, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia, 23 June 1981, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Proserpine General Cemetery, Qld NP9-470
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Proserpine Whitsunday Uniting Church WW2 Honor Board, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld

World War 2 Service

3 Jul 1940:	Involvement QX11228
3 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX11228, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Miowera, Qld.
26 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX11228, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

Harry

HARRY WILLIAM BIGGS QX11228 2/26th Batt.
Born on the 6.1.1920 in Proserpine to William & Eva May (Considine).
Previously served 18 months with 31st Battalion.
Enlisted at Miowera on 3.7.1940.
30.11.1940 promoted to Acting Sergeant.
15.8.1941 disembarked in Singapore.
16.4.1942 became an A Force POW in Changi, Singapore.
21.4.1943 embarked for Thai-Burma Railway.
Admitted to Brisbane Military Hospital on the 26.9.1945.
Married Joyce Florence Brown on 15.5.1950.
Passed away on the 23.6.81. NP9-470.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William BIGGS and Eva May nee CONSIDINE, Foxdale, Proserpine, Qld.

Husband of Joyce Florence BIGGS nee BROWN

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