BIGGS, Roland Murray
| Service Number: | 3491 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Camberwell, South London, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer-Sulphide Corporation, NSW. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row G, Grave No. 11 INSCRIPTION THY WILL BE DONE , Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boolaroo Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Boolaroo Presbyterian Honor Roll, Sulphide Corporation Pty. Ltd. Cockle Creek Works Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3491, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3491, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1883 BIGG Roland Murray Camberwell 1d 816.
Age on arrival in Australia 29-1912
Address Fort Street, Spears Point, Boolaroo, New South Wales
Next of kin
Friend, Ralph Davison, Third Street, Weston, West Maitland, New South Wales.
He was 35 and the son of the late Fred William Biggs and Augusta Biggs, husband of Louisa Elizabeth. Biggs, nee Streat, of The Five Bells, Wickham, Newbury, Berks, England.
Marriages Sep 1917
Biggs Roland M Streat Newbury 2c 597
Streat Louisa E Biggs Newbury 2c 597
Enlistment date 18 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 24 July 1916
Rank on enlistment- Private
54th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement.
Age at embarkation 33
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/71/4
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Honoured on the Bexley Roll of Honour.