John Theodore BIGG MID

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BIGG, John Theodore

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	19 September 1914
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Noarlunga, South Australia, 10 February 1890
Home Town:	Noarlunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Keswick, South Australia, 16 October 1945, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Interred on 18 October 1945. Commonwealth War Graves Path 17, Grave 7. Interment right number 1920 which expires on 1 July 2043
Memorials:	McLaren Vale Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
1 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Promoted while overseas
20 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
13 Dec 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For action between 19-25 September 1918 at Wadi Hamimam Awarded and promulgated in the London Gazette Number 31728 on 12 January 1920; Commonwealth Gazette Number 133 on 1 April 1920
13 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Bigg and Annie Bigg nee Niemann of Port Noarlunga, SA. Brother of Frank Samuel Bigg and Edgar Niemann Bigg

On 28 August 1919 John married Mary Gertrude Wiltshire in the Goodwood Methodist Church, SA

Father of Erica Mary Bigg, James Wiltshire Bigg, Joan Theodora Bigg, Bevan John Bigg, Florence Annie Bigg, Margery Alison Bigg and Dorothy Millicent Bigg

Returned to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas from England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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